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I was in my room emptying my suitcase. My sister Hilal was lying on her bed. Indeed, I shared the same room as her. It doesn't bother me at all, I don't like sleeping alone, I don't like being in a room all alone, in fact. By dint of watching horror films during my adolescence, I make lots of films. I swear, I'm too afraid to feel a presence, or to see a hand or even a girl with her black hair hiding her face. I'm crazy I know, but I'm really not well psychologically.

-Her: I missed you abla. ( Older sister.)

- Me: Come and help me then.

-Her: It's your suitcase, not mine.

-Me: You haven't changed huh, you only mind your own business.

-Her: Well, so much the better, isn't it? Do you want me to change?

- Me, with a little smile: Yok yok, ben seni böyle seviyorum. (No no, I love you like that.)

She comes to give me a hug, and my mother comes into our room.

-M: Can we hug without me? Hilal leave your sister to me for a bit.

-H: Oh yeah, have you already forgotten about me mum? Pff anyway as soon as Rüya arrives, you leave me aside.

-Me: She starts again.

-H: Mdrr it's good I'm kidding wesh.

-Me: Don't say "wesh", sen alisma bari. (Don't get used to that word too.)

-H: You say it too.

-Me: You don't have to do like me!

-H: You're my big sister, I follow your example.. ablacim! ( my big sister!)

-Mom: It's okay oh my, enjoy your time together instead of arguing! In short, I have to go and prepare the meal, stay wise.

And she leaves.

-Me: Hilal why didn't you tell me about the move?

-H: Annem ve babam haber vermemi istemediler. Sinavlarin vardi, aklin derslerde olsun diye söylememi istemediler. (Mom and dad didn't want me to tell you. You had exams, they didn't want me to tell you so you could focus on your classes.)

-Me: Hmm.. And dad he worked on the construction site, why is he a driver now?

-H: Yeah he was at the construction site, but there was an accident at the building. Dad saved the boss's life, and as the building site was in a catastrophic state, bah dad had no more work. And the boss wanted to hire him as his driver.

-Me: If I understood correctly, the boss is the same as the owner of this house?

-H: Aynen, zengin is adami, büssürü otelleri var. (Exactly, he's a big businessman, he has plenty of hotels.)

- Me: Hmm okay.

I live in a rich man's house. It was weird, until now we didn't have a lot of means to live, we lived in a small apartment with only one bedroom. My sister and I slept in the living room. I'm not complaining, there are worse people than us, luckily we were never on the street. If you're wondering how I live in a city 2 hours from here for my studies, well, I'm already in a roommate with my girlfriend, then I'm on a scholarship. I receive my scholarship and housing assistance every month.

Anyway, I ask my sister to help my mother. I don't like to see her work, every night she's exhausted, I swear she looks 10 years older because of her great fatigue.

We go upstairs, be on the ground floor, and we go to the kitchen. I feel like I'm in a castle, there are too many corridors. It is sure and certain that I will get lost here.

I walk into the kitchen, and it's the first time in my life that I've seen such a big kitchen! Even our little apartment is tiny next door. There was my mother and two other women who were cooking.

-Me: Yapilacak bir sey var mi anne? (Is there something to do mom?)

-Her: Yok kizim, ama istersen masayi kur. (No my daughter, but if you want go set the table.) I present to you my daughter Rüya.

I smile at the two women and also tell me their first names: Catherine and Sofia.

It was noon, with my sister we prepare the table. She shows me the lids, the glasses, the tablecloths, the dining table that was in the living room.

Once the table is ready, I see Ayaz come into the living room, and turn on the TV. The good life man.