Jane Two is delighted to be in touch with Daughter Two. Daughter Two is motherless and her father is absent while she attends a military school (Maritime) academy in Turkey. They correspond and one of the first emails received from Daughter Two is the fact "Dad really loves you. I hope you don't hurt him, he doesn't deserve that."
It was somewhat sophisticated for an 8 year old, but, she isnt' 8, she is 16 and that subject never comes up until much later. The location of the school is conveyed to Jane Two by Daughter Two's doctor in an email. He definitely stated capital M, "Maritime" as to the military academy. It makes sense for a 16 year old, but, not an 8 year old. So while some of these clues crop up from time to time for Jane Two they don't really trigger the "need to know" someone talking to her future husband would ask. Jane Two is completely disarmed from her self-interest. Completely.
So, Jane Two and Daughter Two are getting acquited over emails that have a history of few days, it comes up that Daughter Two's laptop is broken. Jane Two expresses concern for her studies and then asks what it would take to fix it? It couldn't be that expensive. Daughter Two states she isn't sure. In a subsequent email she states the computer is hopelessly in bad repair and it would be better to get a new one and could she send $2000.00. Jane Two looks at a few financial things and asks for the bank address to send the money.
Jane Two asks to have the school provide the information for the money to be transferred. Two days later there is a SWIFT CODE provided for a money transfer.
October 18, 2021
Amount: $1950
Final receiving bank and ABA number:
Kuveyt Turk Katillm Bankasi AS, KTEFTRISXXX
Beneficiary Name and Account:
Edanur Erkan, ................0102
The next day Jane Two is waiting to hear if everything has gone well and there is still no word of the money arriving. Okay, so it can take a few days, this is Turkey after all. While Daughter Two is waiting for the Laptop to arrive she decides the best way to get an email out to Jane Two is to go for a walk to the public library. She does this twice, on the second email she states she isn't feeling well. Now, this is an eight year old girl as far as Jane Two is concerned.
Next thing she does is write Romeo Two and tell him that Daughter Two states she isn't well. Remember this is the time of COVID, so there is a little bit of a panic in all this. Romeo Two responds that he has received word from a doctor at a Private Pay Hospital that Daughter Two has been sexually assaulted. He states the memo from the doctor conveys an urgency to pay the money for Daughter Two's care because they won't allow treatment without payment.
Like, what? Remember Jane Two is thinking this is a young child and the hospital won't provide care without payment.
Romeo Two sends the physician name and mailing address to Jane Two. Jane Two immediately writes to the doctor in Turkey and asks what the procedures were at this unnamed hospital and why wasn't Daughter Two already receiving treatment. At the same time, these horrible emotions are running through Jane Two in that how could anyone carry out this horrible attack on an 8 year old child.
The doctor replies there needs to be payment as Daughter Two has internal injuries and has lost a lot of blood and is unconscience.
So there it is. The trauma that ignites the flow of money to Turkey or at least what appears to be Turkey. Now, there were a lot of questions for me, too. Why did the responsibility of his perfect stranger fall to Jane Two's shoulders? Where is dear old Romeo Two and his flight from this horrible circumstance to Turkey to be at the bedside of his daughter. There is an answer that makes no sense to me, but, hey considering the place he works and the idea of being able to send off money and jump on a plane is really interesting.
Before the trauma, Jane Two and Romeo Two had a conversation about Daughter Two needs in monies to the school for her expenses and the need for a laptop. Romeo Two states something like, "Yeah, I know these are all issues Daughter Two had right now, but, I have been here far longer than I ever planned and the reason why there aren't available monies for anything." Additionally, he is not allowed contact with the real world as that could present real problems where he is and he is not allowed to have money where he is because of where he is.
So, Jane Two has no working knowledge of what a UN mission would do in far away lands with a Christian missionary that is not an employee in regard to all these issues. In the meantime, Daughter Two is bleeding to death in a hospital somewhere in Turkey. Jane Two writes the doctor caring for Daughter Two and asks for information to send money. The doctor wants $2000.00 and oh, by the way, the money sent to the school at the above Swift Code address is already spent except $100 and they are sending that money over for Daughter Two's care. So that leaves a balance of $1900 before any care can be administered.
Long about now I am thinking this dame is dumb. But, given her understanding in the moment, what would I do? I would probably let the President of the UN know what a stinking lousy deal this all is for this small family of two and Romeo Two needs to be on a plane to Turkey. After doing that I would probably want more specifics, like the name of the hospital and the room Daughter Two is in and stuff like that. Jane Two is not asking those questions and she is completely invested in the fact she has a relationship with this girl and she is willing to be more invested.
The next day she writes the doctor again and states she can only come up with $1000 and that will have to start care. The doctor agrees and states he will provide the hospital with $1000 of his own money considering the difficult circumstances of Romeo Two.
But, get his. As Jane Two is preparing to go to her bank the next day, she gets an email from the doctor stating it would be quicker to send Amazon Gift Cards as payment. Does Jane Two stop to ask, like what? Yes, she asked this pecular idea to who exactly? She asks this question of Romeo Two. He states that is a little strange to him to, but, if that is what is going to get Daughter Two treatment, then do it. Jane Two goes to a local drug store looks up Amazon Gift Cards and on the back it states they are only good to purchase items at Amazon. Like, no clue, right? That still doesn't stop her. She writes to Romeo Two again. She shows him the fine print and then proposes to use AMEX Gold Cards to satisfy the doctor's demands.
I am feeling sorry for this woman, but, she believes Daughter Two is in danger and nothing will stop her in bringing any danger under control.
She purchases $1000.00 in AMEX Gold Gift Cards and sends images of them to the doctor via a Gmail address. Now, the use of Gmail is really an oddity to me, but, in the far reaches of countries like Turkey maybe this is status quo.
