I’m home, I’m home. But only by the skin of my teeth.

I missed my connecting flight, my next connection & the third try was cancelled & I had to spend the night in Newark.

Why?

Because I was detained by Customs & Immigration – Homeland Security were on one hell of a power trip & succeeded to scare the shit out of me.

This was one of the scariest moments of my life, even with truth on my side.

After being taken down into some large, dark two way glassed room, filled with armed & intimidating officers, detainees & security cameras that watched me like a hawk, I met God.

The guy “wasting his time” with me, was adamant I had been working over here, helping Bear with his business. There was nothing I could say to convince him otherwise – There is no “convincing” these people.

He told me he’d make a few calls & “find out exactly where I’ve been working, because I know you have”.

I was given two options…

“We only have a small problem just now” he told me.

I wouldn’t be staying here, I’d be going back to Scotland to apply for my K-1 Visa (my Fiance Visa) & maybe I’d be allowed back. But, unless I was honest with him & told him the truth, I’d be taken into custody & would be detained for 2-3 weeks until standing before an Immigration judge to be charged with Fraud.

Yes I shit my pants, but the fact of the matter is that I have never worked whilst I’ve been here, I’ve wanted to, believe me but that’s as far as it’s gone. I have done nothing but follow the law – & look where it got me right?

To cut a very long & genuinely traumatic story short, this arsehole didn’t have dick on me. Especially after he went through my American mobile phone, with the intent to find out where I’d been working, to find – 1) Bear’s Parents 2) My Parents & 3) Bear.

I do believe he was going to let me go all along but he wanted to put the fear of god into me in the process – & that he did with great gusto, aggression & intimidation.

I am so lucky to be here right now. Even after leaving Immigration, with everything that went on with my connections…. it’s been a nightmare. Four tries it took me to get to Louisville. Guess they stole that extra day they gave us last time right on back ahe?

Hearing the words “You’re lucky today, we’re letting you go” & seeing him stamp my Visa, was one of the most powerful things I’ll ever experience.

I completely crumbled before him, big fat tears falling down my face as I took his hand & whispered a broken, “Thank you”.

I find it impossible to articulate how that made me feel. There was an aspect of humiliation in my tears but they were uncontrollable. I mean, can you imagine me, never mind in custody for 3 weeks but being bundled onto a plane back to Scotland?

I was being threatened with never being allowed back into the United States. All for nothing. All because they were on some power trip.

How frightening is it, that one man could take away my future with Bear like that.

Anyway, I’d happily write more, not to mention in more detail but we’re officially moving into our new house today so I’m off to get grubby!

Later y’all