The next morning there was an envelope under our door.
“Eviction?” I mouthed
“Embassy,” He stated as he ripped open the envelope. ‘As a citizen of the …. You are being strongly urged us to leave Ukraine.’ It says: ‘If you choose to stay, your embassy cannot assure your safety Please be advised the last flight, leaves tomorrow at 10am.’
“Hmmm.”
“Should we call someone?”
“We were told.” I mouthed to tell no one.
“Let’s call granny and tell her we have decided to stay.” My husband said in an intentionally loud voice.
Anything else we might need? I wrote on our notepad.
“Yes, courage.” He wanted to shout.
We called granny.
“Hi mom. Yes, we are doing great. We are staying to do more writing. Oh, it’s completely safe. When you talk to your grandchildren tell them we are staying in a nice old hotel. You are so…
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