Mm.

But they were, like, so pretty, all of them, and skinny and, and you know? Like, really pageant girls, like, nice girls, and we were all friends.

And I was like, like, "There's no chance." Like, "No chance." And I only wanted to see my parents, because in those three months, we only had five minutes every month to talk to them, like, five minutes, and I only wanted to see them.

And I saw them in the crowd, and I was like, "For me, it's done now." Like, "I'm, I'm gonna go to them, and that's it." It was fun and, you know, I was done.

I was not even listening, like, uh, to be, uh, honest, like, what was going on.

And then suddenly they, uh, said, "Melisa Aslı Pamuk." Like, I was Miss Turkey.

And I looks at them like, "What?" Because, like, it was not making sense in my mind.

Why?