A man might tell himself anything in order to get by, and hemight look back on the past with little or no regret. But the pastisn't always as dead and gone as it seems, and no one gets outunscathed. Boris Smirkoff is enjoying a quiet moment in the parkwhen a not-so-gentle reminder of his personal history pays a visit.What kind of bargain does a man make with his own conscience, whenthere's nowhere to hide but in the stories he tells himself?