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he caught himself just gazing outside, observing the tiny looking people passing by
in their tiny little cars. “We really live in a world of constant motion…”, he thought
while he waited for this Latte Macchiato to come out of the coffee machine. “Good
afternoon, Mr. Marks.” Steven turned away his eyes from the street outside to check
who just welcomed him. It was Selma, the young new employee from Turkey. Steven
turned around and straightened up. “Iyi günler, Selma. Nasılsın?”—Good morning.
How are you? These were pretty much the only few words he could say in Turkish.
“Tesekkürler, iyiyim. Sen?”, Selma returned his greeting. “I am sorry, Selma, but I
am way behind with my Turkish lessons. I am fine, if that's what you have asked
me?”, he responded, switching to English. Selma smirked. “Yes, I was asking how
you are these days.” Steven “Okay, that's an important sentence to know. I will try
to remember it.” But you know, I am not the youngest any longer, picking up new
languages is very hard.”
Of course Selma knew how hard it is to learn new languages. After all, it was
only months ago that she and her husband decided to leave their beloved home in
Ankara to start a new life in Germany. Although she enjoyed living in Ankara, the job
offer that she received from here was just too good to reject. Working as a research
engineer for a car manufacturer. Developing the cars of tomorrow. When they saw
the job advertisement, both her husband and Selma were hooked. Cars had been their
passion for a very long time. In fact, they first met each other at a motor show. And
when they eventually got the job offer—both of them—there was no holding back
anymore. In record time, they said good-bye to sunny Turkey and moved to Germany.
The first problems started shortly after though. Only a few weeks after settling in
her new home, Selma started to feel sick in the morning and hence decided to see a
medical doctor. His diagnosis was a little shock for them. Selma was pregnant! Her
husband and she had tried for quite a while now to become pregnant but the idea
of conceiving a child in a foreign country scared her. So many questions popped
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