He raced through the rain and entered the handsome cab after her.  It was only a minute of talking between his partner and the cab driver to figure out where to take them.  The driver sat out in the rain, under a slicker, looking miserable, but inside the cab was comfortable and dry.  As they race through the city, he looked out the windows, taking in the exotic architecture.<br/><br/>Soon they were outside a jeweler in the jewelery district.  The rain was letting up and they were not far from the border, so they paid the cabbie and let him move on.<br/><br/>The jeweler's was a small corner store with a wide variety of jewelry behind glass cases.  An ancient man stood behind the counter.  He was wizened like an old apple, with rounded spectacles and a thick mustache.  He greeted them in Romanian, but quickly switched to broken English.<br/><br/>"Good afternoon.  What it is I can be doing for young folks."