Chapter 6
“In my case, the group I worked with for six months was not paid a thing for our labor. When we were released by our employer, the other members of the group turned to me and begged me to be their leader and somehow find a way to sue to get the wages we were due. But I could do nothing. We did not have the money to hire a lawyer.
“My last days in Spain were spent homeless and on the street. I spent many nights sleeping on a park bench until my family could send the money to get me home. After that I went through months of severe depression, and hardly left the house. My time in Spain is a painful memory that I try not to think about anymore.”
“Oh, Amir, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to bring up unpleasant memories. But did anything positive come of that experience? Is that perhaps when you realized you had a talent for languages? And would you ever go back to Spain if it was to meet me there for a vacation?”