Moving in
So the day had finally come, the day Margaret and her children would meet up with Mr. Rothstein to get the key to their new apartment. When they drove up to the apartment house stood Mr. Rothstein there himself to welcome them to their new home. Margaret took the sleeping Emily in her arms and told Teddy to take the bags with him.
"Welcome home Mrs. Rohan, I hope you will find everything in your liking.", said Mr. Rothstein and hold up the keys.
"Thank you Mr. Rothstein, it surely looks very nice, I´m sure we will like it." She took the keys and smiled. "And please you as we are business partners know you call me Margaret, you already know that I´m not married to a Mr. Rohan, I´m just miss Margaret Rohan.". Mr. Rothstein raised his eyebrows and nodded. "Very well, then I guess you can call me Arnold." he said and looked at Emily who were just about to wake up from her mother's shoulder. "And who might this just be?", he asked the little girl and smiled. "This is Emily and that", she pointed at Teddy, "is my son Teddy." Mr. Rothstein smiled at Teddy; "it´s nice meeting you both.", he said and gave Emily a clap in her head who broke in a big smile and started to giggle which seemed to amuse Arnold. He looked down and saw the stilts around Emily´s both legs. "She suffered from polio but she is getting better.", Margaret said when she saw him looking at her daughter. Arnold´s serious face melted into a smile again and said, "I´m sorry to hear but it´s good she is getting better.". He touched her nose and she began to giggle again.
The apartment was big, clean and light. All hers and the children´s stuff and furniture's were already there, Mr. Rothstein had his men move them for her earlier. But since this was so much bigger from what they moved from had Mr. Rothstein let some furniture's be in placed into the apartment. Teddy helped Emily walk around to explore the rooms. "Nice kids." he said and nodded towards them. "That young Teddy will grow up to be a good man I´m sure." he assured Margaret and smiled, she smiled back not looking at him but at her children. "I hope he will." she answered and turned back to Arnold. "Would you like to stay for some tea perhaps?", she asked him but he shook his head. "No, thank you. I have booked a reservation to dinner with my wife in about an hour.", he answered with substantial. "Although, I have given you a welcome gift in the kitchen. I hope you will like it.", he said and took his hat back on and gave Margaret a handshake. " Oh, I see thank you very much Mr. Rothstein." she said. "Unit next time, miss Rohan.", he said and walked out from the door.
In the kitchen stood ingredients' to cook a good nice meal for them all. Margaret smiled at the good act of his but at the same time she found herself feeling a bit unease about his gesture. She did not want to be given alms specially not from someone like Mr. Rothstein as she knew too well that the thug bosses like him, and he was at the time the biggest of them all, would not likely just give away something without not expecting anything back.
The meal was delicious and she and the children slept well that night in good beds and without a single sound from their neighbours to disturb their sleep. Then Margaret knew she had done a good deal.