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Episode 1 of 6: New Year, A Second Chance<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/h3>\nTasha slowly pulled herself out of her rental car and trudged through the deep snow. \u00a0She could see the silhouettes of Mama, Papa, and her aunts and uncles through the curtains in the living room window.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know this will be a surprise for them, so it’s a good time to bring you here.\u201d<\/p>\n
New Year’s Eve celebration was in full swing at the Kazinov family compound. Two long years had passed since her fated Christmas day escape with the children. \u00a0Tasha now dared to step foot back into her mafia family chaos for the sake of the children.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe really showed ’em, didn’t we? \u00a0Ha! \u00a0We had that jury in knots! They never could have convicted us with no evidence…\u201d Viktor swigged his bottle of Vodka with gusto, celebrating his new found freedom with the men of the family. Inside the family mansion booze was flowing, laughter and screaming were heard throughout the house.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years of that shit in court, we outta sue ’em, sue ’em all!\u201d Alena ranted from the other side of the living room.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow Alena, I know it’s been hard on you, having the entire family stuck here in your house, and the press never leaving us alone, but look at Nadya and Grusha, could you have imagined?\u201d Karina giggled and pointed at their two sisters.<\/p>\n
Nadya and Grusha were sitting together in the corner of the living room drinking champaign. Nadya was gently touching her perfectly placed bleached blond hair. She still had bruises around her eyes from her latest plastic surgery. Grusha was laughing but her face wasn’t moving from the excessive botox injected into her puffy face.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose fools! Look at them, in their sixties acting like teenagers. \u00a0Just because they got a ghost writer to write a book for them, they think they’re celebrities.\u201d Alena snorted.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/annetylerlord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/canstock0594531.jpg\" "\\"canstock0594531\\"")
<\/a>Two Framed Broad Cook Up Hungarian & Russian Classics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cBut you gotta admit, it’s hilarious how they came out of their shells after \u201cTwo Framed Broads Cook Up Hungarian & Russian Classics\u201d hits the book stores.\u201d \u00a0Karina downed a swig of scotch. \u201cI loved it when they were on the morning show and did the cooking segment! \u00a0What a disaster!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that blasted incident at the book signing, my god, it took twenty security guards just to get them out of that mob scene. Half the crowd was tryin’ to get their autograph and the other half tryin’ to tear ’em apart. I think they made the whole bloody mess worse for us.\u201d Alena wiped her forehead with a handkerchief and downed a large glass of vodka in one shot. \u201cNo one is gonna be able to move outta here, even with the trial over.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI kinda like it here with everyone under one roof. \u201d Karina watched as the men started crashing glasses in the fireplace.<\/p>\n
Tasha’s cousins were joining in the party, hoping the pressure on them would go away since the trial was over. They were exhausted from the long hours of work trying to hold the family businesses together and keep it underground. The scrutiny of the press had become unbearable and the accused family members were keeping their fingers out of the daily business, at least on the surface.<\/p>\n
One of the cousins walked up to Alena and Karina, \u201cIs everything on track to have Tasha return the children now?\u201d \u00a0Pressure from the family prevented them from trying to reclaim the children during the trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh yeah…I still think you should wait another year, for everything to settle down. \u00a0No need to bring chaos back into this house again right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you promised… as soon as the trial was over…I already called Tasha and told her!\u201d She stomped her foot.<\/p>\n
Alena glared at the men as they shattered more glasses and fragments were shooting all over the carpet. \u201cYou guys are gonna clean that up!\u201d She screamed to deaf ears. \u00a0She walked over to the bar to pour more vodka, looked around the disheveled room and shrugged her shoulders.<\/p>\n
The doorbell rang just as a few of Tasha’s thirty-five year old cousins were running from the kitchen, throwing cookies at the ceiling and watching them explode into crumbles. \u201cFireworks!\u201d they giggled and ran for more cookies.<\/p>\n
A faint dusting of white powder decorated their noses and upper lips.<\/p>\n
The doorbell rang a few more times before Alena decided to answer. She swaggered to the door, trying to grab the blurry doorknob, and opened it to see Tasha and a stern-looking woman staring at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cMama, I’d like you to meet Inna, she is from the Hungarian Department of Child Welfare. \u00a0She is here to start an inspection and evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Suddenly, a semi-automatic weapon started a rapid fire that almost shattered their eardrums. In a split second, Tasha wrapped her arms around Inna pushing her full bodyweight as they both hit the ground.<\/p>\n
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Continue reading Twisted Family Bonds in Episode 2<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nIf you want to know what happened to get this family in this predicament, you can read more in, Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas<\/strong><\/em>, part 1<\/a>, part 2<\/a> and part 3<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n
Ever wonder what the influence of the Russian Mafia is like for those who live under their oppression?<\/p>\n
Here is and interesting cartoon, you don’t need to understand Russian to enjoy:<\/p>\n
<\/a>\u201cBut you gotta admit, it’s hilarious how they came out of their shells after \u201cTwo Framed Broads Cook Up Hungarian & Russian Classics\u201d hits the book stores.\u201d \u00a0Karina downed a swig of scotch. \u201cI loved it when they were on the morning show and did the cooking segment! \u00a0What a disaster!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that blasted incident at the book signing, my god, it took twenty security guards just to get them out of that mob scene. Half the crowd was tryin’ to get their autograph and the other half tryin’ to tear ’em apart. I think they made the whole bloody mess worse for us.\u201d Alena wiped her forehead with a handkerchief and downed a large glass of vodka in one shot. \u201cNo one is gonna be able to move outta here, even with the trial over.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI kinda like it here with everyone under one roof. \u201d Karina watched as the men started crashing glasses in the fireplace.<\/p>\n
Tasha’s cousins were joining in the party, hoping the pressure on them would go away since the trial was over. They were exhausted from the long hours of work trying to hold the family businesses together and keep it underground. The scrutiny of the press had become unbearable and the accused family members were keeping their fingers out of the daily business, at least on the surface.<\/p>\n
One of the cousins walked up to Alena and Karina, \u201cIs everything on track to have Tasha return the children now?\u201d \u00a0Pressure from the family prevented them from trying to reclaim the children during the trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh yeah…I still think you should wait another year, for everything to settle down. \u00a0No need to bring chaos back into this house again right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you promised… as soon as the trial was over…I already called Tasha and told her!\u201d She stomped her foot.<\/p>\n
Alena glared at the men as they shattered more glasses and fragments were shooting all over the carpet. \u201cYou guys are gonna clean that up!\u201d She screamed to deaf ears. \u00a0She walked over to the bar to pour more vodka, looked around the disheveled room and shrugged her shoulders.<\/p>\n
The doorbell rang just as a few of Tasha’s thirty-five year old cousins were running from the kitchen, throwing cookies at the ceiling and watching them explode into crumbles. \u201cFireworks!\u201d they giggled and ran for more cookies.<\/p>\n
A faint dusting of white powder decorated their noses and upper lips.<\/p>\n
The doorbell rang a few more times before Alena decided to answer. She swaggered to the door, trying to grab the blurry doorknob, and opened it to see Tasha and a stern-looking woman staring at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cMama, I’d like you to meet Inna, she is from the Hungarian Department of Child Welfare. \u00a0She is here to start an inspection and evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Suddenly, a semi-automatic weapon started a rapid fire that almost shattered their eardrums. In a split second, Tasha wrapped her arms around Inna pushing her full bodyweight as they both hit the ground.<\/p>\n
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Continue reading Twisted Family Bonds in Episode 2<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n If you want to know what happened to get this family in this predicament, you can read more in, Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas<\/strong><\/em>, part 1<\/a>, part 2<\/a> and part 3<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n Ever wonder what the influence of the Russian Mafia is like for those who live under their oppression?<\/p>\n Here is and interesting cartoon, you don’t need to understand Russian to enjoy:<\/p>\n