the signals

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Years passed from that day, I was now in 5th grade. I was in my dad's country, we live here even though my mother is Russian

It was summer again, I season I loved and hated at the same time

I love that we would fly to Russia to visit my aunt in summer and I love the beach

But I hate that it's so unbelievably hot here

It was 2017 and we were planning to visit my mother's sister's again

I remember that day, I couldn't believe that we were finally going to visit her

We were planning to take a bus till airport and we did so, my brother wasn't going with us this time either

If he would have had gone with us they would take him to the army...

I remember the look he gave us when we were already sat in the bus, although he waved and smiled at us I saw the sadness in his eyes...

But alas, we weren't meant to leave this country that day

When we got off the bus we ran as fast as we could, but we didn't make it

We were told by the airport worker that we were late, the whole plane was waiting for us but the time was over

We could still see the plane we were supposed to be sat in getting ready for take off

We were sent off to a hotel

Days of discussions and arguments and we were finally sat on a plane, we were flying from Dubai

I remember a woman got a heart attack from unbearable heat, the ac wasn't working and for some reason we couldn't take off

The crew helped the woman and we took off

It's like the universe was sending us signals and tried to prevent us from it

I remember my dad asked "should we really go?" without thinking twice I said yes because I knew how much my mother was waiting to meet her sister

If only I knew how this trip would have changed our lives...

If only I knew...

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