February 27

 

I am traveling to Iran for unknown reasons. Several other unidentified people are with me. It is understood that we may be caught but it is unclear what we may be apprehended for. The airport is crowded, noisy, and very tense. We are surrounded by people being interrogated with harsh methods and it is frightening to think that if we are discovered, this could be us. We manage to pass through security. The scene shifts to a return trip from Iran. I am returning to the US and this time I am smuggling in a woman, her grandchildren, and their dog. I have coached the woman on how to answer questions and I have told her not to start conversations with anyone. She tends to be friendly so I feel I have to watch her constantly so she doesn’t slip up. The scene shifts again to a parking lot of a rural convenience store. We have stopped for gas. I am driving a car with no passengers, and the woman is driving another car while accompanied by her grandchildren and  dog. Immediately after pulling into the parking lot, I see the woman exit her car and walk over to another car where she starts a conversation. I jump out of my car to lead her back to her own car since I am afraid that she will say something inadvertently revealing that she and her grandchildren are here illegally. While I am trying to convince her to get back in the car, the dog jumps out since it has seen another customer’s dog. The two frolic in the parking lot and one jumps so high that it clears the wires from the utility poles. I try to coax the dog back into the car and finally succeed all the while thinking that hosting this woman will be a much more difficult job than I thought.