121. The leader

Josie explains, “Relax, Donovan. Taiya has instilled a totally wrong impression in you and now you believe Jan is a devil or something and it is not so. The opposite is true. He saved us all. Taiya and her brothers arrived later and don’t know our history together with Jan. You are welcome to ask anyone here on your own about Jan and you will find he is everyone’s hero. We all … “ she glances viciously at Taiya, “... except now for our little, beautiful Taiya and her brothers who have the wrong impression because they don’t know him, prefers Jan as our leader and if he so wishes, he could have taken over like a despot and nobody would stand in his way.”

Taiya shakes her head, “Not true, Donovan. This is a fake democracy. It’s like you said: Jan manipulates everyone here. He leads with playing the violin and they all are dancing happily to his tune too afraid to take their own decisions against his will. They will never admit it.”