CZMM Pilot episode - Chapter 14 Highlights
I am going to summarize the questionings in this chapter again, because of reasons, you already know.
So, in this questioning we have Elena Pyotrovna Lelkova (the blonde woman), Olga Yevgenievna Prahova (the brunette woman) and Dimitrii Vasilievich Drundyov.
The three of them really hate Luzhlyov, because of his arrogant behavior. They also confirm what we already know about her visit to Luzhlyov the week before May 1st.
Zimov asks them about Volkin and they say the things we already know. Volkin was an eccentric, but very kind hearted young man. Many took him for a hooligan, because of his disheveled appearance. Turns out that him and Zaetskaya knew each other. The members of the staff had overheard them talking in the hallways. Not only do they know each other, they were childhood friends and actually participated in that competition for young talents as a duet. But Luzhlyov liked and hired only Zaetskaya. The two continued seeing each other, but kept their relationship a secret.
Zimov asks what Volkin's duties in the radio were. He took over the cleaning of the 2nd floor. Luzhlyov's office was also located there. Luzhlyov wanted his office cleaned while he was drinking his afternoon coffee at 5 PM. But after Volkin disappeared, the staff started taking turns taking over his tasks.
The last time the staff saw Volkin was on May 19th - the day of Zaetskaya's ill-fated concert. He was mumbling something and was quite nervous the whole day. He didn't talk to anyone. And the next day he was gone. The strangest thing is that no one gave any attention. Not the director, not Zaetskaya, not anyone! The staff reported him missing to the militia, the next day they were told that he had moved to live in another city. They asked the militia to give them his address, but the militia stated that they were not allowed to without his permission. The staff told the militia to ask him for permission, to tell him that it was for his colleagues from the radio, he would know. They never got an answer.
A lot of strange things happened on May 21st. The staff confirms Luzhlyov's weird behavior the days around that. On May 21st itself, sometime after 4 PM, the cook complained that one of the knives was missing. The decorator complained that after 4:30 PM his red paint disappeared. Before the lunch break, Prahova had left some detergent on the stairs next to Luzhlyov's office so that she could wash the hallway on the 2nd floor after lunch. But when she returned, it was gone. She looked for it everywhere, but it was missing.
Prahova says that she last saw Luzhlyov leaving with Zaetskaya for the nurses' office. She hadn't seen him since. And she and Mrazkov stayed for a long time to clean the office. They left at around 6:15 PM.
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