Chapter 9

Finally it's my turn! You all know me... My name is Raghad, and I am an orphan, living in the house of my only uncle, Shakir, since childhood. I recently finished high school and am thinking of enrolling in the College of Art and Painting. I love drawing a lot and I am skilled in it. Everyone knows me with pampered pleasure, as I have been accustomed since childhood to get everything I want, and in any way! Today, in our small house, we are having a modest party on the occasion of my high school graduation. We were not able to establish it before now because my mother - that is, my uncle's wife - was ill. In fact, my mother's health hasn't been so good for years... Danah is overdoing her makeup to look eye-catching! Although she didn't like the idea of ​​a party, as we didn't throw a party when she graduated, she insisted on stealing the spotlight from me tonight! "It's a simple party and it doesn't require you to do all this! You look like a bride with all her adornment!" I told her while I was standing watching her (planted) in front of the mirror for hours! She did not turn to me, and said: "As long as we invited them, let's amaze them! One of them might like me and get engaged to her brother, for example!" And she smiled artfully! I know who you mean specifically... She has a friend from a very rich family and her brother is a man who half the girls in the world dream of marrying, and the other half hates him very much! He's a famous soccer player and his pictures fill newspapers, magazines and TV shows too! I said, "I don't know what you like about a character like that! He doesn't even stop distributing laughter and smiles like a clown!" Then I got busy decorating a strand of her hair with a polishing liquid... I turned my eyes away from her, to my right hand, specifically to my ring finger, and in a more precise sense, to the engagement ring that I've been wearing for years... As soon as I turned fourteen, that is, three years ago. Years and more, I got married to my cousin Samer... and we remained engaged until further notice. Samer... is about five years older than me, and as soon as he graduated from high school, my father, my mother, and Dana as well... everyone wanted to marry me. I became an adult girl and it was not possible for me and my cousin to stay in One house without embarrassment for both of us. Other than that, Samer loves me madly! Also, I was the cause of the accident that disfigured his face, and definitely reduced his chances of getting girls liked. As for me, although I'm pretty too, this ring distracts everyone from paying attention to me... Anyway, we're not thinking about marriage now, so I'm going He's still looking for a job and I'm aspiring to get a college degree... Dana alerted me of my shroud, which I noticed by not constantly commenting on her looks. She said, "Where did you go? Aren't you going to change clothes? They're about to arrive!" She left her room and headed for To my room, where I put on my wonderful new dress... which my father had to buy for me despite its high price, just because I said: I want it for me! It was a burgundy dress embroidered with gold thread, long tail, and without sleeves, allowing the old scar on my left arm to show... I finished my dress and wore the gold necklace set my mother had given me a few days before... When I wrapped the bracelet around my left wrist, I didn't Its look matches the watch... The bracelet is gold and the watch is silver... I tried to take it off, but I couldn't... I don't want to keep it away from me tonight... It has always been close to me... I did not care about the annoying comments of my colleagues about my wearing a men's watch! It's something I can't get rid of...just like this scar! I took off the gold bracelet, and tried to wrap it around my right wrist, but failed! “Shut up!” I exclaimed angrily, the moment he knocked on the door... It must have been Dana comparing our looks as usual! “Come in,” I said while still trying to close the bracelet with my left hand around my right wrist to no avail. “Good evening!” It wasn’t Dana’s voice, but Samer I looked up at him and with a rush I said, “Samer, do I not close this one before I smash it?” And I came towards him, stretched out my right wrist and bracelet to him... "Give him yours! Come..." He closed the bracelet around my right hand, so I pulled it, but he grabbed it and said: "You look great! Very nice!" The light... Did I say that?” He smiled, and said, “I don’t think so!” “Then it is evening of light!” Then I pulled my hand and let it go. I went to my bed to pick up the things I had scattered while decorating myself, and Samer entered and closed the door.. “Raghad” he called me in a cheerful voice and with a bright smile and happiness in his eyes, “Yes?” He came towards me, and came back to hold my hand and said: “I have very good news.” In a prestigious position, I was very happy! “Really!” I said with pleasure, “Oh, finally… perfect!” Samer tightened his grip on my hand and said excitedly: “Finally! How happy I am! I can’t get enough of this joy! I will get a great salary!” For us, this is very important, because Our financial conditions were in decline due to the war conditions, and we needed good financial support. I said: “When will you start work?” “As soon as I finish the necessary procedures. I will try to complete them within two or three days.” “May God grant you success.” Samer held my hand to his chest and said, “We must set a date for marriage.” I was surprised, as we did not talk about marriage seriously yet. ... As soon as Samer saw the exclamation marks on my face, he said: "My work will be in another city, and I want to take you with me." I pulled my hand again, nervously... The news surprised me, and I did not like it... I said: "In another city?" ...Why do you have to go to another city?" He said, "You know how hard it is to find a good job because of the country's conditions... It's an opportunity I can never refuse. I told my parents, and they were encouraged to go" I looked away from him for a few seconds, then came back I looked at him and said, "And they encouraged our marriage?" He smiled

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