We were both working and both of us were earning a good salary but mine was considerably higher than hers. Oh, we wouldn’t starve if we had to get ...y on her salary alone but we would be considerably less well off and have a much poorer standard of living. We were young, newly married and had stretched our finances to purchase a house. I didn’t think my job was at risk, at least not yet but I had been considered a probable fast track towards partnership and my less formidable performance this. I asked her if she would like to go out sometime and she agreed and we exchanged our numbers.We went for the dinner the next weekend and had food and a couple of drinks and really enjoyed each other’s company. I booked an Uber we were on our way back to home and she sitting really close to me I had my arm around her shoulder and in a very soft voice, she said “ I really like you Ankit”, I replied me too. Then there was silence, I dropped her and headed to home. After that day chatting become. She squirmed in the chair, almost falling between the slats, her arms bending painfully preventing her from slipping. She was frightened. Would she be able to survive, would Heather survive? They were to be raped. She dreaded that the most. These people were animals and seemed to get their satisfaction from abusing girls like her and Heather. While she had sex, it was tender loving sex. That is not what they intended to do to them. She saw the movement out of the corner of her eye, but did not. .. for about a second. “Yes.” He paused and snatched up his phone. While he was dialing, he said, “I’ll just check.”So, we twiddled thumbs while he checked. Conversation over he smiled and asked, “Non residents?”That meant a call to Immigration.They wanted to know why The University of Otago was interested in political refugees.“We have to go to school. Your laws make no exception for smart. We have nearly a half year before we’ll be fifteen. And you told us we had better be in school come.