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is.”
                  “You would know it as the former Yugoslavia.”
                  Oh, well that was interesting. “Okay. Why come here?”
                  He shrugged. “Why not?”
                  She had no more conversation she could think of and so concentrated on eating her meal and then getting to work on time. Being a typical male, Žarko had finished long before she did and together, they walked back to his truck and he took her to work, promising to pick her up at the end of her shift. She agreed, but part of her doubted that he would be able to do so. It seemed impossible, but she wasn’t going to tell him that. If he did, then he would be much more trustworthy than Gary and that would simply exacerbate the issue she already faced.
                  She hated spending so much time on her feet. The market wouldn’t let her be a cashier where she could sit. No, she had to stock shelves and lift heavy boxes until her body literally could no longer do it. If it weren’t for the fact that she had to pay the bills, she certainly would quit. She hated this job that much, but she also knew that without working experience or a college education, she was highly limited in her options. Damn Gary.
                  At four o’clock, she handed off the duty to another co-worker while she clocked out in the employee office. She barely gave herself time to take a deep breath before she shuffled her way toward the exit, hoping that her neighbor had been serious about picking her up, because if she had to carry two children on public transportation, she highly doubted that she would survive it.
                  Outside, she saw the dark SUV waiting for her at the curb. Her body sighed in relief, even as she quickly climbed into the tall truck to take a seat.
                  “ Dobar dan , devojko Josie,” both girls said.  Josie turned behind her to wave at the girls.
                  “Hey, girls. Did you have a good day at school?” The question felt natural to ask, even if it wasn’t exactly any of her business. She didn’t know much about where they went other than the fact that St. Sava’s Academy was obviously a private school.
                  “It was good,” Desa answered first followed by Ljiljiana nodding.
                  “They go to Serbian school,” Žarko said finally. “It is dual language to remind them of home.”
                  “Wow. I’m glad you guys could find a place like that. I only learned English growing up and then tried to take Spanish in high school. I don’t really remember how to speak it though,” Josie said with a grimace that had more to do with the pain in her body than the fact that she couldn’t speak another language.
                  “You should learn Serbian,” Ljiljiana said quietly, “You and the bebe, because tata says that we can only speak Serbian at home.”
                  Josie didn’t know a nice way to decline the offer. She was sure that Serbian was nice language and all, but she didn’t expect this family to be in her life for all that long. Besides, Spanish would probably be the better option considering the area of the city she spent the most time in. But, all she could say was, “I’ll certainly think about it. I bet it would be interesting.”
                  “Yes, because then we can help you,” Desa said, starting to get excited. “It will be fun.”
                  Funny how their tata didn’t say anything about it. Josie engaged the young girls in conversation about their school curriculum. Sure, she had no interest in sending her own children to that school, but since she’d never heard of a Serbian school, she thought it cool to know about something going on in her own city.
                  By the time they stopped at the daycare to