it was hard to adjust back to normal life. that first night that we were released, i woke up in the middle of the night wondering, would we be able to get marco back? so we called the lawyer. he told us where he was. he told us that he found out that they had changed his identity and they had changed his religion. i felt like, you know, now i
and it was like, who s that? is that your brother? medhat goes to the door. medhat comes back in and he looks over at me. and he goes, it s the police. i ve made plans for later in case this date doesn t go well. likewise! but, funny story. on top of that? my mom is my best friend. uh oh. yeah. oop! there s the rescue text from my roommate saying she needs me. wouldn t it be great if everyone said what they meant? the citi double cash card does. it lets you earn double cash back: the citi double cash card. g new cars. you re smart. you already knew that. but it s also great for finding the perfect used car. you ll see what a fair price is,
and medhat answers the phone. hello? it s the american embassy. we need one more thing. we need a note from your doctor verifying that he delivered the baby. what is going on? they don t believe us. i m realizing now that i m in something. i had to lie again. so i m getting in deeper and deeper and deeper. dear predictable, there s no other way to say this. it s over. i ve found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our hearts racing as one.
the trial lasted nine months. it s the day of our sentencing. so medhat and i were holding hands and we re just hoping that we re going to hear the word which means released. they charged medhat and i for false documents and they sentenced us to two years in prison. two years. i couldn t believe that we got sentenced.
i saw medhat in a new light. he was just a great father. life couldn t get any better. one day after we got home from the beach, i checked my e-mails. i had gotten an e-mail from my sister. my mother had cancer. i have to, you know, i have to go. now we had had marco for six months. why didn t i take marco with me so my mother could meet her grandson? but marco needs a visa so he can travel with me to the united states. so medhat, marco and i went to