Valery Simonenko deliberately staged his own death. Luba and Vanya helped him throughout the whole time, they were "pawns" in his insidious plan. Meanwhile, in the city there is a raid on Sokolovsky, Katya and Averyanov. Together they now guess that the killer is none other than Simonenko, who took Sonya hostage. Averyanov shows the course of events Kovtun. Major, Katya and Vanya join forces. The capture of Simonenko takes place in a country house, as a result, Katya dies protecting Sonya, thereby expiating her guilt before Vika's death. Simonenko is detained. Sonya stays with Sokolovsky.