The Cold Irish

Neil was a bright student. Once he graduated, he got a job in Russian Embassy as he had been an apprentice there a year before he finished his study and he spoke Russian well. Yet, even though he was a smart man and he had many friends, he surprisingly had never been had a girlfriend. In fact, not many girls liked him too. So, he preferred to focus on his career and future plan to study abroad. During his first 2 years, everything was smooth and steady as he dreamt of. He even got promoted as the diplomat. It made him able to work in Russia. However, things went sideway while he was there. After working in Moscow for 6 months, he fell in love with a lovely Russian girl named Natalya, the sister of his friend, Nikolai. They met each other when Neil visited his house on weekend. He never felt so attracted to any woman in his life like that before. So, as both shared the same feeling and he believed that she was the one for him, he decided to introduce her to his parent in Ireland before marrying her. Unfortunately, Neil’s parent was an old-fashioned religious Catholic. They didn’t like Russian because of their belief in Orthodox Catholic, the opponent of Roman Catholic. They threatened Neil that if he still married her, then he wouldn’t be apart of the family anymore. However, Neil took that risk. He was certain their love wasn’t a sin. So, they settled down in Russia after their marriage. After a year of living in peace, something terrible happened to them. Some terrorists attacked Pushkin Elementary School, where Natalya worked, to show their protest against the Russian Federation. They took some staffs, including Neil’s wife, and students as their hostage. They warned the government if they didn’t fulfill their wish to have an independent nation, they would kill the hostage one by one. In the end, Russian soldier could conquer them; yet, some hostages were badly injured and then died. Sadly, one of them was Natalya.