“I… The real reason I came here was to find out who I am. To know where I came from. I’m looking for the past. My own past, and my shared past with this country.”
David was silent. He wanted to embrace this girl who had just confided in him. She was a seeker, and he’d felt it from the very first moment. How simple. Of course she was searching for her own past, her roots. He thought that perhaps now was the time for him to tell her too why this city attracted him, sucked him in, and why he could not be free of it... to tell her what and who he was seeking… But the moment had passed, perhaps because David was afraid: what if this enchanting girl thought of him as a man after all and then found out he was looking for another woman?
“When I came here, I thought that there was no way to forgi
