Semiyon Kleiman: It will get easier now. Tanya tells me your mother is not well. Her kidneys?

Lyudmilla Nikolayeva: She needs an operation.

Semiyon Kleiman: We will see to it. We help each other. I have many friends who will like you. Men I do business with. No. Don't worry. I don't expect you to do anything you don't want to. Just talk to them. Listen to what they have to say and then we will send you home.

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