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>> when i heard that, i felt sick. physically sick. >> plus i need $50. >> is this an illegal adoption? i would have never imagined that in order for me to keep my baby, i would have to lie on a birth certificate. i never even imagined that i was capable of doing that. but i just, i had bonded with my baby. and i was sure that would be the last lie i would ever have to tell. we agreed, okay, well do it. we waited two or three days. and then medhat went and picked

Submit dna evidence, we will get our documents back and our case will be considered abandoned. im thinking, thank god. i traveled alone to be with my mother and marco stays with medhat. the surgery was a success and they removed all of the cancer. shes recuperating. shes doing good. we were all so happy about that. i got back to cairo and we just felt like now we can move forward with our life. so we were looking forward to having our first christmas with marco. so i had just finished putting up...

Maze. and they took medhat. they told me, you know -- >> sit down. >> i hear, i hear this raised voices. constant yelling and maybe i even heard slamming on the table. i said, wheres head mat? what are you doing with him? they just looked at me like -- i thought to myself, are they going to torture him? it just terrifies me. then they brought me into this room. it was dark. they were all on their cell phones. all i could hear was, susan

So medhat and marco and i go back to theresas. theresa said, im going to help you. medhat and i will go and get the letter, and you stay here with marco. >> we come back in one hour. >> that next morning, medhat and i brought the letter to the embassy. as nervous, scared as i was, there was still that shred of hope, were going to go there and theyre going to give us the passport. we dropped it off at the desk. and i felt all of a sudden there was a mood change. >> do you have any pictures of whe...

They took me back out of the room. at this point, i dont know where medhat us. right at the bottom of the stairs, there was a big black metal door. i dont know whats on the other side of that door. i didnt know if it was just like a solitary confinement. bam! and a clang and a -- as im going into the cell, i realize, theyre probably going to take him from me. i had to start accepting that in my mind. i just was thanking god, you know, that i had the opportunity, you know, to be a mother.

It was hard to adjust back to normal life. that first night that we were released, i woke up in the middle of the night wondering, would we be able to get marco back? so we called the lawyer. he told us where he was. he told us that he found out that they had changed his identity and they had changed his religion. i felt like, you know, now i

And it was like, whos that? is that your brother? medhat goes to the door. medhat comes back in and he looks over at me. and he goes, its the police. ive made plans for later in case this date doesnt go well. likewise! but, funny story. on top of that? my mom is my best friend. uh oh. yeah. oop! theres the rescue text from my roommate saying she needs me. wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant? the citi double cash card does. it lets you earn double cash back: the citi double cash ...

And medhat answers the phone. >> hello? >> its the american embassy. we need one more thing. we need a note from your doctor verifying that he delivered the baby. what is going on? they dont believe us. im realizing now that im in something. i had to lie again. so im getting in deeper and deeper and deeper. dear predictable, theres no other way to say this. its over. ive found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our hearts racing as one.

The trial lasted nine months. its the day of our sentencing. so medhat and i were holding hands and were just hoping that were going to hear the word which means released. they charged medhat and i for false documents and they sentenced us to two years in prison. two years. i couldnt believe that we got sentenced.

I saw medhat in a new light. he was just a great father. life couldnt get any better. one day after we got home from the beach, i checked my e-mails. i had gotten an e-mail from my sister. my mother had cancer. i have to, you know, i have to go. now we had had marco for six months. why didnt i take marco with me so my mother could meet her grandson? but marco needs a visa so he can travel with me to the united states. so medhat, marco and i went to