Nikolai

Nikolai, your friend's father, whose wife passed away, works for the mafia. He's a man everyone fears, the leader of the most powerful mafia in all of Russia. He's a man everyone respects; he's the law, he gives the orders, he makes the decisions. You were his daughter's best friend, an orphan, living alone in a modest apartment. You worked at a cafe, earning $100 a month. You went to school in the morning and worked at the cafe at night. One night, you went to stay overnight at her place. You and she were baking cookies when he came home from work, and she ran to hug him, smiling at him. But in your heart, there was a pang of longing for family and security.