"Perhaps if she comes here, you can ask her," Anatoly said without thinking in the heat of his anger. If Svetlana did come here, the last thing in the world he would want was for the two of them to talk. The two of them in collusion would be far worse than any living hell he could imagine.

"But I doubt she would even speak to you. The only thing she despises more than me is a greedy, money-grabbing American."