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I take a step closer to her and dip my head down to hers, keeping our eyes mere inches away from one another. “You want people to fear crossing you so badly that they wouldn’t dare. You want a country that is ridded of the poison that is killing your people, and most importantly Vera, you want kids off the street. You might think I don’t know much about you, but I do. You have a very soft heart buried in that chest, and if you accept my proposal I will make sure orphanages and safe houses are opened up immediately so that no more children are living on the streets, fighting for their lives.” It’s in this moment that I know I have her where I want her. Kids are her soft spot, and she won’t deny them the opportunity to have somewhat of a normal life.
“Fine. I accept,” she hisses it out, no doubt knowing very well that I cornered her into this arrangement.
“Great. I’ll be back in a couple of days to work out the logistics.”
“Logistics?”
“You’re marrying a Romanian Clan leader. Surely you know a wedding will follow.”
She rolls her eyes and grumbles at what I’ve said.
“I’ll see you in a couple of days,” I say to her, standing up fully before I walk out of the door. I exit her apartment building and as the snow hits my face I dial Ion’s phone number, wanting to tell him the good news.
“Yes?” he answers, already sounding annoyed.
“I have an update that I think you’ll be pleased about.”
“Do go on.”
“I have made an arrangement with Vera to obtain trading routes back in the Ukraine, through an alliance, a marriage. I took the liberty of making a couple of small promises to her to ensure this would go through.”
The line goes dead, and I think that I’ve lost the call when his voice booms through the other end. “In what reality do you think you’re able to make promises to her?!”
“In the one where we get everything we want, and I’m sure that once you hear what I’m about to tell you, both you and Mariana will be thanking me. Kids are out on the street here because their families can’t afford to feed them. So, instead of the parents starving in order to feed their children, they simply throw them out on the streets. It happens more than you think. So these kids either run drugs, or the girls become prostitutes as soon as they’re teenagers. I made promises that are important to Vera, in order to get us what we want.”
A heavy sigh is all I hear through the receiver. “For once, you did good.”
“There’s a catch, though. There is a drug lord here named Glib, after Vera and I are married we need to remove him from this country, and the drugs. They’re killing thousands of people, and damming many others.”
“Why does this Vera woman sound like some vigilante?”
“In a way, I guess she is one. A woman of the people.”
“Sure sounds like it,” Ion replies, and I continue on updating him of what has transpired over the last few days.
Finally, I feel like I’m on the right track.
