“When I saw Viktor, his face was so … proud and triumphant. I was angry. ‘What the hell are you doing? Give back my passport! Give me my return ticket! You’re a thief, and if you don’t give them back, I’ll go to the police.’ He was totally unfazed, and he told me, ‘We’re the ones who bought the ticket—the ticket was ours, not yours. I’m not stealing anything, you ungrateful bitch. Go try the police. You have no passport, right? They’ll arrest you for being an illegal alien. The police here are worse than the hounds of Hell. Please, by all means, go ahead and try it. They’ll deport you, but the
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