
She got a phone call at around midnight. I had been arrested in Belarus. What for? Drugs trafficking, caught with a gram of marijuana on the border.
Over the course of months she was masterminding how to rescue me, channeling the love and willpower of our family, friends, and connections to find a way - any way - to unstuck me from spending the next 3-7 years of my life in Belarus.
That was the story. But what did it mean for her?
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