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At home, Marco explained to us that he needed some time to get new passports for us, therefore, we had to stay in his cabin during the day. Unfortunately, it wasn‘t so easy to get new documents and we didn‘t have money at all, so Marco found our jobs in the factory near his place. We had to do night shifts but that did not frighten us because we were together and in love. Poor, hunted but so happy. Even Ismail became calmer because it seemed that his enemies had forgotten about us.
One early morning we were returning to our cabin from work and discussing joyful news. Marco promised to bring our new passports that morning and we had already planned our long-awaited life.
All of a sudden, a bad feeling squeezed my heart. It seemed that someone was watching us in the dark yard... And then I felt as if I had heard the bullet, shot at us, whistle.
Was that how we died? I heard another loud bang.
I widened my eyes and saw a little girl crying due to burst balloons. I was lying on the crowded beach, the