Mike’s research leads him to experience the rich Ukrainian culture. However, finding Grandfather’s requested birthplace hits a dead end, until he meets Natasha, a young, attractive, aristocratic hotel manager. From her, he learns that appreciating family means knowing its roots and a deeper meaning behind some of the cultural practices as well as its history.

Rising to Natasha’s standard of valuing family and his Ukrainian heritage is something he knows his grandfather would support. But for some reason Natasha’s personality turned him off. Until he dealt with it she couldn’t serve as the model of what Grandfather expected of him. What did she do that annoyed him so much?