Dark Angel
“I felt like a moth metres away from a scorching flame.
‘Tania Ionescu,’ sun god said as he delivered me to the master then quietly backed out of range.
‘Ionescu,’ Zoran repeated.
‘I-O-N-E—’ My gut reaction was to spell my name, like always.
Zoran cut me off with a nod. ‘You’re from Romania.’ ‘My dad,’ I corrected. ‘I was actually born here.’ ‘A citizen of the United States.’ The eyes were fixed on my face, the voice was mostly expressionless though I thought I picked up a small hint of amusemen...t here. ‘So where in Romania were your dad’s family?’ ‘In Bucharest.’ ‘During the Ceauşescu regime?’ I nodded. ‘Dad escaped with his family and came here in eighty-six.’ ‘And remained.’ The gaze stayed on me, pinning me to the spot. ‘I guess he could go back home now.’ ‘I guess.’ The legend talked banal family stuff like anyone else – how bizarre – while fellow guests jostled for his attention.
A girl held out a pen, bared her arm and begged for an autograph.MoreLess
‘Tania Ionescu,’ sun god said as he delivered me to the master then quietly backed out of range.
‘Ionescu,’ Zoran repeated.
‘I-O-N-E—’ My gut reaction was to spell my name, like always.
Zoran cut me off with a nod. ‘You’re from Romania.’ ‘My dad,’ I corrected. ‘I was actually born here.’ ‘A citizen of the United States.’ The eyes were fixed on my face, the voice was mostly expressionless though I thought I picked up a small hint of amusemen...t here. ‘So where in Romania were your dad’s family?’ ‘In Bucharest.’ ‘During the Ceauşescu regime?’ I nodded. ‘Dad escaped with his family and came here in eighty-six.’ ‘And remained.’ The gaze stayed on me, pinning me to the spot. ‘I guess he could go back home now.’ ‘I guess.’ The legend talked banal family stuff like anyone else – how bizarre – while fellow guests jostled for his attention.
A girl held out a pen, bared her arm and begged for an autograph.MoreLess
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