King Genghis I by Jonathan Yalon

Author:Jonathan Yalon [Yalon, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-20T14:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT

A new week had begun. Turan was particularly eager to see if Amanda had responded to his email. It had been more than two days since he'd sent his reply and since he had no internet connection on his phone or on any other computer outside the authorized one in his office, he still didn't know if she'd written back.

Turan had hardly slept the previous night, and was still haunted by the shards of dreams—Tatiana gazing at him with a concerned look, he running down the street as though his life depended on it, and Amanda running her nails down his back as he penetrated her in an upright position. His head weighed heavily on his shoulders on Sunday morning as he came in to his office at the Ministry of Information. His appointment with Muzafar was set for 10 a.m. and he wanted the day to be over before it had even begun. The elevator was packed and it stopped at every floor on its way up to the sixth floor. Seated in his office, he started up the computer and found the response he'd been waiting for from Amanda:

Hey Ranny,

Wow! I'm so happy for you, it sounds like an awesome job. Definitely better than writing press releases for me ☺

You asked how I'm doing…so I'm basically good, you could say. A few days ago I broke up with Jimbo.

What? Turan hovered over that last sentence. Amanda was available again? A fresh wave of excitement flushed through him. Although he did not know if he would ever again set foot outside Genghistan, he was relieved that he had not kissed Tatiana on that bench. He hadn't given up on Amanda, and though he didn't know him at all he relished Jimbo's banishment. What sort of name was it anyway? Jimbo? Who goes by such an idiotic nickname?

We had fun while it lasted, but things between us started to get complicated. If things like that start to happen so soon, it's probably better to cut it short, don't you think? At first it was a bit of a bummer but it's not the end of the world, I'll survive.

Aside from that, everything is pretty much the usual. I'm back at work after a long vacation. I really should talk to Josh, I haven't driven him nuts in a while…

Anyway, let me know if you're coming back to the city or coming in to visit, maybe we could grab a coffee.

Miss you,

Amanda

Turan, who at any rate was seated in a cramped space, his freedom of movement limited, now felt more incarcerated than ever. The very fact that he was prohibited from returning to the United States made his muscles cramp. He debated whether it made sense to respond to Amanda or if it was useless. The figure in the doorway distracted him and helped him decide not to decide.

"Hey," Tatiana said.

"Hey," he responded and dragged his gaze away from the computer screen. The look on Tatiana's face only further confused him.

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