Chapter 13
Tatiana’s headlong rush to Moscow went on and on in a haze of tiredness, worry and fear. She struggled to stay alert and focused and to care for her young son, a rambunctious and restless toddler, along with her tiny daughter, barely two weeks old. As they finally approached Moscow more than 24 hours after the harrowing ordeal of her initial escape, Tatiana now faced the enormity of the task that lay ahead. She needed to transform into a worldly American traveller, who had visited Russia late in her pregnancy on a business trip accompanied by her young son and unexpectedly went into an early labour. Having recovered from the birth, it was time for her to return home to the States.
This would be the first real test of Tatiana’s English skills and her American accent, on the mos
