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City of Strangers
Drama

City of Strangers

Drama

She was 18. With thin hands, and big frightened eyes. Mansur took her from her home to a faraway Moscow. Before the wedding Yildiz shed a few tears for she was afraid. She had never been in a big city before; what would it be like to live ...See moreShe was 18. With thin hands, and big frightened eyes. Mansur took her from her home to a faraway Moscow. Before the wedding Yildiz shed a few tears for she was afraid. She had never been in a big city before; what would it be like to live there among strangers? Uncle Mirza even lost his temper with her; from now on Mansur was her husband, he wouldn't do any harm, she had to obey him and not annoy him. She soon became used to her husband. He was kind. He would get her a Russian passport, would help her to learn the language, and would buy her nice dresses. She was nervous when he first did not return home at night. She was not angry when he did not show up for two days, and she just waited for him. Then she spent a whole week alone. She grew accustomed to eating small portions of food so that it would not run out. It was Mansur who had forbidden her to go out. It was dangerous. Once she had ventured outside she would be taken to a police station, and she would be raped and killed. And nobody would come looking for her, because she was a stranger here, a foreigner, and she had no passport. And then Mansur stopped returning home at all. She was not angry; for it was as it should be. She just kept counting the chocolates he had bought her the last time, one chocolate for each day that had passed. Then she ran out of chocolates. She did not try to go out. Only at night she would openi the front door to steal the leftovers that her neighbors used to feed a homeless cat, and each day Yildiz let that cat go hungry. It became dark and quite at home. The electricity and gas supply to here apartment was cut off.. Only the water tap still drip. And one day they came. Two Russians, evil and armed. They kept shouting: "Mansur, Mansur!". They cursed and beat her. She was unable to explain that Mansur had not had time to teach her Russian. How long had they been in her flat? A week, a month, a year? What did they need? When would they leave? She could not understand what they were saying. And suddenly uncle Mirza arrived. Yildiz thought that he had come for her. That he would take her back home from this scary city. But he paid no attention to her. He pushed her into the corner and shouted: "Where is your bastard husband? Where is my money?". But what did she know; for she knew nothing. She cried, covering her head with her hands. She did not see who was the first one to shoot. Cartridge cases clinked as they struck the floor. She was so scared that she fainted. When she came to, she was the only one alive in the apartment.. She was scared of the bodies, so she dragged them onto the balcony. For some reason she covered them with blankets. As if they could feel cold. And then Mansur came back. Old, thin, and scared. He was so tired he could not speak. She took him to the bedroom and covered him with a blanket. Then she sang him her grandmother's lullaby, so that he should slept soundly. She lay down next to him, snuggled up to him and hugged him. And whispered: "How cold you are...". See less

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