It was her husband''s idea to invite the new neighbors for dinner.
Sema thought they were pleasant and polite.
But the dinner seemed endless.
She was bored, struggling to follow the conversation.
The new neighbor said, "My dear Sema, no one makes this dessert as well as you do."
"You made it for my birthday too, and everyone loved it."
Who were these people?
They spoke of movies Sema had never seen…
Cities she had never visited…
Mutual friends she had never met.
She retreated to the kitchen to be alone.
But someone had tampered with everything, throwing her order into chaos.
Strange photographs on the walls…
Clothes belonging to others in the cupboards…
She was terrified.
She wanted to run into her husband’s arms.
But when she reached the living room door,
She saw four people at the dinner table.
The new neighbor and a man…
Sema and her husband.
Sema and her husband…