I slept for half of the journey, as soon as we arrived and settled down in my fathers jet I was nearly fast asleep, it did not take me long at all, as I said me and the mornings are not the one, When I woke I felt the tension as soon as I peeled my eyes open, my father was just staring out the window, he wasn’t concentrated and seemed anxious and that wasn't something I was used to so it put me on edge. My younger sister Laura was still sleeping, it was obvious that she didn't want to come from the way she acted earlier, I myself didn't want to come but I didn't want to piss my father off today, and I have to act like the mature older sister, I was always the one making sure everything was okay, I had to care for my sister as mother wasn't around much and father was always busy, so if it wasn't for me our family would be completely ruined.
The journey was long, by the time we arrived it was dark, I wasn't sure where we was going as my Ojciec (father) hasn't really said much this whole day apart from reminding me not to embarrass him, always be polite and make sure to treat these people with respect. Laura was awake now and just being her moody self, I'm surprised father let us come on this trip though as normally if its something to do with the mafia world he wouldn't let us come unless it was the annual ball and I definitely know its not because of that as we were in March and the ball wasn't until December but whatever it may be then it has to be important. Before leaving the jet I had to freshen up, walking into the attached bedroom I re applied some lip gloss and sorted my hair out but before leaving I quickly sprayed some of my perfume.
I was relieved when we got out the plane, it was nice to stretch but the coldness hit me straight away, the weather was harsh and cold on my tanned bare arms and legs, yes my original country Poland was cold but this was freezing compared to that, I was dressed elegant, as that's what my father wanted. I had style so I was able to look stylish but classy, I had a simple cream crop top on with a beautiful white blazer combined with the matching ruffled short skirt,but that wasn't just it, I added some beautiful gold buttons to the blazer and skirt myself. I looked up after admiring my outfit to see my father staring at me, with a silent nod and a sad smile, I knew he approved, I looked at him and smiled, actually looking at him I saw how tired he really was, you could clearly see something had been bothering him for a while now, it could be from my mother or it could just be a rival situation.
" OH MY GOD" Laura screamed " Nienawidzę cię, ojcze, naprawdę (I hate you father i really do) .. Why would you bring me to a place this cold , Like seriously you bring us to Russia out of all the places" My sister didn’t really care for manners, she said what was on her mind no matter what. I was proud of her, knowing that she would never let anyone talk down to her, but sometimes that girl is just plain rude and she doesn’t even care!
"nie dzisiaj Laura, tylko na jeden dzień" (Not today Laura, just for one day) Our father started to reply, he was angry, of course he was. Laura has just complained and moaned at him all day so I really couldn’t blame him for finally snapping, but i stopped listening to there conversation..Russia? We were in Russia, why the hell was we in Russia? My father hate’s the Russians with a passion hes stated many times,so why would he dare bring us to such a dangerous place, why would he put his two little girls in so much danger.
I couldn’t believe what I heard. I was shocked,Laura didn’t know much about anything as father wanted her to be out the loop until she was older but I knew the story’s. The Russians and my father have been rivals for many years, even from before my fathers time, but over time the situations got worser and worser until a treaty had been made, but it got broke and the war started again, after many deaths, something had to be done so my grandfather made another treaty and since things have been civil, there’s been threats here and there but nothing major yet.
Even with the treaty my father despises them, I think something might of happened between my father and the leader before, but I don’t know everything, my father refuses to tell me everything, I have to find certain information out myself.
We were in the car for another hour, it was past 12pm but I wasn’t feeling tired, I slept most of the day, and I knew that tonight would be a struggle with so many things in my head. I was stressed, not just from being in Russia, but for my mother, it was just so random that she just changed all of a sudden, and now my father is acting off, but then again it might just be me, I might just be other thinking a lot of things. The car ride was silent, Laura was just on her phone, papa was on his phone and the bodyguards were just staring, it felt awkward and I didn’t like it. I didn’t like that we were here, something felt off about this whole situation, and my father’s actions are suspicious.We were driving through a town, it was quite right now, it was nice and peaceful. We stopped at a gas station to get some food, I just chose a hotdog and quickly escaped to sneak off, I needed a cigarette, I know it’s a bad habit but it helps, and right now I needed it. No body knows I smoke, it’s my little secret and I like it.
We arrived at the hotel we were staying at and it was beautiful,and from the outside it looked beautiful, it looked like a movie, non of this looked real, there was thousands of different flowers and a big fountine at the front of the driveway, the building itself looked amazing, like a castle but with a modern twits to it.