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"Which one do I follow?" he asked, surprised by his own honesty.

Across the water, the silhouette of the stood like a lonely sentinel. To his left, the Bosphorus Bridge began to glow with violet lights, a string of pearls draped over the neck of the city.

The tea in Selim’s glass was the exact color of the sunset—a deep, bruised crimson. He sat on a weathered wooden stool at a small café in , the kind of place where the waiters don’t rush you because they know you’re there to solve the world’s problems, or perhaps just your own.

Selim looked back at the water. He felt like those currents—his past pulling him toward the safety of the shore, his future dragging him toward the unknown depths of the sea.

Selim stayed. He watched the last sliver of sun vanish behind the dome of the . He realized he wasn't waiting for a sign or a new job. He was waiting for the moment he felt okay with not knowing what came next.

Selim hadn’t come to "watch the Bosphorus" just for the view. In Istanbul, the water is a mirror. If you look at it long enough, it tells you who you are. "Another?" the waiter asked, gesturing to the empty glass. "Please," Selim murmured.

The Long Paddock 4x4, 4WD, caravan, camper trailer, camping products reviews, tests, comparisons by Mark Allen