As the heat went down, I decided it was okay for us to leave. We had been cooped up for two whole days. They were ready to go home too. The first thing they did was invite me to their house. I accepted and we took a cab. I paid the driver and we were off. When we got to the house, Erik opened the door wit his keys. Natalia Umarov was inside the house. She had food cooking as she cleaned the living room. Erik and Dimitri called out to her in their Russian as Sergei went to go hug his mother. She spoke Russian to them for a bit before they introduced me to her. I was using Cody's face so she would not be able to recognize me. She sat me down at the dining table and served me some food. It was now a lazy Saturday like any other and they all shared a meal. After it was done and they had gotten up, Erik pulled me away from the dining room. "How do we get out of here?" he asked. It was a sudden question. "...Through the front door, I guess." I said in confusion. He glared at me and said "You know what I mean! How do we get a better place to live!? This is a dump and everyone know it."
That was something I could understand. I told them how they buy a house online. The process was not hard. He pulled me again. I groaned in protest. This time over to the computer that was in the living room. He sat down and I told him where to go. Erik got on the site and there was a house for sale in a good neighborhood. It was near a section of Crystal Shark territory. "This one will actually have four bedrooms! Dmitri and I had to share one ever since Sergei was born." he said happily. He looked further and said "Two and a half bathrooms? What the fuck is a half bathroom?" he asked. "That means just a toilet and a sink. No tub/shower." I explained. "So you are telling me there are three toilets in this one house." I nodded. His smile grew wider. His face fell when he saw the price. "Figures it would be $1.2 million. I still can't afford it." he said as he leaned back. "You do know you have two brothers, right Erik? In fact, you only really need one of them to pool some money together." His face was confused until the spark of recognition flashed. "Dmitri! Get your ass in here!" he called. I smiled.
Dmitri was down and agreed to go half and half. "Let's go down to the home realtor so you can sign the papers and make it official." They agreed and told Sergei to stay put with their mom. "Where are you going!?" she called out. Erik whispered something in her ear and it made her twist her face in confusion. "What is that supposed to mean?" she said. "You'll see soon." he said as we headed out the door. We called another cab and went down to the realtor. We had to wait for a couple of hours. It was because the brothers looked poor. Even in the game, classism was no joke. When the realtor called us in the office, they told her what they wanted to buy. She looked it up on her computer and said "Are you sure this is the house you want? It seems to be a bit out of your price range." They glared at her and told her to get the paperwork out. She narrowed her eyes. I knew I had to get in the way before something happened. "We are wearing these outfits because we wanted to see how people would react. I am so ashamed to see that my friends were right. I thought higher of this place." I said.
She paled and looked absolutely terrified. I was standing on a soap box now and raising my voice. Some of her colleagues were slowly poking their own heads out their offices to look at us. "I'm so sorry, sirs! For any offences that I might have caused you, I apologize! I can see now that you are serious about buying the house. I would be happy to help you with this!" I crossed my arms and sat down. The realtor typed up the necessary paperwork to be signed. The brothers transferred the money and took pens to sign it. When it was done, the realtor got up and said "Congratulations on buying your first home. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to get the keys." She then left us alone. I smiled at them. "Let's stop at the car dealership. I want a new car to go with the house." Dmitri said. Erik shrugged and said "I guess I can get one too. There was a garage." When the realtor came back she handed the keys to Erik. She then shook hands with both of them. There was a hardware store where Erik was able to copy each of the four keys four times. They were for the front and back doors, the attic and basement.
