Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

12th story in the collection The Better Spy. 11th tale in Part Two - 1989-1991.
Returning to America and his home in Virginia, Alexei has a reunion with Mai Fisher as they discuss the circumstances of his mission to Moscow and how their lives will be changed with the hiring of a new au pair to help with their granddaughter, Natalia. That new employee is Olga Lubova.