Chapter 96

It made me tender to imagine him, the poor guy, nervous about meeting his grandmother. I wondered what Ivan’s mother was like, how he was like her. I made a mental note to look them up on the web later. I seemed to remember her name was Ekaterina, but I wasn’t sure. Most likely, there were all kinds of photos, of his parents and his brother, of his relatives who were also shareholders and directors of the VLC Group. People as famous in the business world, as important as they are, surely had tons of photos.

“So you’re reunited with your family,” I guessed, with a small smile.

“Yes, it was funny, actually. At first, my mother yelled at me a little and then cried, then she hugged me and yelled at me some more, and then she cried again. And then she realized that I have the left side of my body in misery, and she let me go, but she continued yelling at me while I cried. It was very funny and very confusing, I tell you. My mother had never yelled at me. But then she got ever