Chapter 41
It was getting dark. The delay had cost me an hour of daylight travel. But I would be home by midnight, safe and secure in my own bed.
But alone.
* * * *
“They actually detained you at the border and asked you all kinds of questions?” Amir asked me, incredulous, at our next Skype session.
“Yes, but at least the woman was nice about it. She even seemed generally interested in our relationship. She didn’t question my story. If I had flown in through New York, it would have been much different and would have taken much longer. You will have to deal with that, Habibi, when you come over to visit me.”
“And when will that be?” he smiled.
“When is your next break from school?” I asked. It had been a week now since I had left him. He had completed his two-week teacher training course and would head back to school tomorrow.
“Well, the beginning of January, then maybe some time in March, and then July and August next summer.”