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"What story?" He cocked his head, clearly interested

"Whened "So they sat me down and said I’d live near Mickey Mouse, and wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing?"

"Did that convince you?"

You have to be brave, hts The Disneyland story was the story I usually told everyone It was the truth Just not the whole truth As far as reed to leave my parents and my country

But it wasn’t the full story

"Sure, e the subject The thought of lying to William made me itchy and uncomfortable But he was curious, I could tell, and ere about to h the ticket line without incident So I kept talking "I wanted to be a princess, like Ariel or Jash I don’t reer"

"So Maja lived here too When did she go back?"

"We went back for a summer when I was sixteen and she enty-two My mom asked us to stay and she did I ca to the US when you were five, but she couldn’t talk you into staying in Bosnia when you were sixteen?"

I darted a glance at him, impressed by his perceptiveness "Yep I was bound and deterlanced at hi for hio through the turnstile when Williaainst ainst Williareat butt

"Sorry! Are you okay?" I asked

"U up and down his thighs Was he panicking?

Quickly, I turned to the people behind me and directed them to the turnstile next to us, then I moved to William’s side

"Hey! You haven’t heard the end of h the turnstile, and if you want to hear the end, you’ll have to followat the turnstile I handed the ticket lady both of our tickets and then sloalked through Then I turned back around and called, "Don’t think about it, Wil Just think about how much you want to hear aze I smiled and nodded to hih the turnstile without touching it with his hands