During a speech on the radio, the president of the charitable foundation Nikolai Kupriyanov learns about the abduction of his mother Galina and daughter Tamara. After consulting with his brother, he decides to pay the ransom. True, Nikolai also does not refuse to contact the police. The investigation is suspicious of the criminals' detailed awareness of the fund's financial situation and the schedule of meetings of its employees. Loginov and Petrovskaya come to the conclusion that the organizer of the abduction is closely connected with someone from the Kupriyanov family.

Theatrical institute student Tatyana Smirnova was killed, and her fellow student Nikita Rodin, who accompanied her home on the day of the murder, was seriously wounded. Loginov and Petrovskaya interrogate the young man and find out that on the eve of the tragedy Nikita was going to propose to Tatyana and was examining the wedding ring in a bar near their institute in front of two teenagers. Going out on the trail of the suspects, the investigators find the stolen ring and Tanya's handbag, but the teenagers deny everything and describe the attacker in detail.