Emina Jahovic - Da L' Ona Zna <TOP>

As the car wound through the hills of the Bosphorus, Emina pictured the confrontation that would never happen. In her story, the two women were like mirrors. One held his present, wrapped in bright ribbons and ignorance; the other held his soul, scarred and tucked away in a locked drawer.

Does she know that his laughter is a shield? Does she know that he calls out a different name in the thin, grey hours of the morning? Emina Jahovic - Da l' ona zna

The climax of the story wasn't a shout or a tearful phone call. It was the moment of realization. The protagonist watches him from afar and realizes that his new life is a beautiful lie. The "other woman" thinks she has won, but Emina’s lyrics painted a different victory. The victory of being the only one who truly knows the man behind the mask. As the car wound through the hills of