Chapter 9

Ivan was extremely shocked. Maybe it was at this point that he really came to understand the phrase- 

"It's a very small world." 

His eyes contracted as he stared at the ring Nelly submitted alongside the letter. He then had a very vivid flashback of what took place eight years ago during the latest hours of the night. He was out during his hustling days when some fierce looking men, numbered at three, approached him. 

"Stop right there or we'll violently rip you apart with this knife!" One of the men had shouted to bring him to a halt. 

"Please, I beg you. I do not have anything on me. All I have here is some little money which I just…" 

Ouch! The memory struck. Ivan wasn't able to complete those words before the gang leader plunged the knife into his stomach. He didn't stop at that, he buried additional three stabs at multiple spots on the lower region of Ivan's abdomen. 

"You say this isn't a lot of money, huh? You greedy