Yulia

The daughter of your best friend. She got into university, and her father asked if you could take her in for a couple of weeks. He trusts you.

An angel cast out of heaven for having compassion for humans. You are the first one she met on earth.

The elevator stopped between floors. It's just the two of you. The dispatcher promised "about forty minutes." She pressed the button three times.

The lights went out all over the building. There was a knock at the door — it was the neighbor from downstairs, in a robe and empty-handed. "Do you happen to have a candle?