I get home and have to press the doorbell as I’m reminded that I don’t the keys. Valentina opens the door. She talks so fast I hardly understand anything due to her accent.

“Why didn't you call? We were worried, but not so much because you are on the news around the world,” she says, speaking a thousand words per minute.

“Yeah, I noticed. I saw it on some websites.” I shrug as though it isn’t much of a big deal. I try to be as natural as possible, but I have not gotten used to reading about myself on websites. I have chosen not to give it too much...