THE BRATVA’S BRIDE
Taking the microphone, he said firmly, “First of all, I’d like us to rise as we honor my father, Konstantin Morozov.”
Everyone stood in silence, heads bowed for a minute.
“Vy mozhete sidet’,” Mikhail said. (“You may have your seats.”)
He began speaking in Russian, his tone confident. “Ya khochu pozdravit’ vsekh s vozvrashcheniyem moyey materi, Sandry Morozovoy. Blagodaryu nashikh soyuznikov, osobenno sem’yu De Luka, za vashu podderzhku. Ya obeshchayu prodolzhit’ delo moyego deda, Sergeya Morozova, i vozglavit’ nashu sem’yu s chest’yu i dostoinstvom.”
Bab Populer