I stood there, not understanding what he was talking about. We had agreed on everything… he was the one who insisted…

— Eric… but you said…

— Enough! — he almost shouted, looking around so no one could hear. — I have my own family, my own expenses! I am not obligated to support you forever!

The woman at the counter said coldly that if the ticket wasn’t paid within the next few minutes, check-in would close and I would be left alone in a foreign country.