Chapter sixteen

I spent five days in my family's house, it could have been one of the best days of my life... but it was one of the worst. I wanted to leave them as soon as possible, but I was forced to stay at the insistence of my father and mother. Samer left on Friday, and I bid him a cold goodbye ...and I left early the following Tuesday morning. During those five days... I avoided meeting with the rich as much as possible and did not look or talk to her except for necessity, and she, too, would stay in her room most of the time and avoid talking to me, especially after I told her: “Do you steal?” I admit that I was rude Very much, but I could not find a better way to express my anger and bitterness for losing her. In the last days, my mother asked me to take Raghad to the library to buy some of her things. I wouldn't do that, but I was embarrassed... my father had just come back from work and was relaxing... while I was resting and lazy, for nothing... Maybe it was, a kind of apology... On that day, Nawar was in an extended visit to my sister, and he was invited to dinner with her! Raghad and I went to that great, sprawling library... Raghad went to the corner selling drawing and coloring tools and the like... and she started watching and choosing what she wanted... and by the way, I knew that she was a skilled painter... for you. She loved coloring since childhood! I watched with her on her drawing and coloring needs... Then she turned on my way, continuing to watch... I could no longer see Raghad or she could see me. I was busy watching some of the drawings hanging on the wall and it was only a matter of seconds until I saw Raghad standing next to me! I said: “Nice drawings!” “Yes, I will buy the colors from there.” She pointed to the other side from which we came... So I went back with her... She was busy choosing colors and other things, so I went around and looked around me until I reached another corner and turned ... A few seconds passed, and if I heard Raghad's voice calling me again ... I turned back and saw her standing near me! And between me and her, a few steps away, I imagined that she wanted to say something, so I asked her: “Have you finished?” She said: “No.” I was surprised! I said: “Then?” She said: “Do not move away from me.” What a girl! I said: "Okay!" And I went with her to where her things were placed on one of the shelves. I saw her taking many other things, so she turned around looking for a shopping basket, but I could not find her. I went to look for a basket, and I heard her calling me: “Walid.” I said, “I will bring a basket to carry things.” So she left what she had and came with me! We went back for the purposes, and she continued to choose what she wanted, and I wandered until I reached the bookshelf...a lot of books before my eyes! What a big sea ! How I long to dive into its depths! I had not read a book for a long time... I looked at it and browsed some of it... and moved from one shelf to another, and from one group to another... until I really drowned in the sea! The bookshelves were arranged in the form of several barriers dividing the area... A lot of people spread around and watched here or there... for a few minutes, and if I could hear a raging sound from somewhere! Her voice sounded confused or anxious... I was not in a position to see her... So I walked through the barriers looking for her, saying: "I'm here" and I didn't hear her voice! I took a look between the barriers looking for her, then I found her between two barriers... "I'm here!" When Raghad saw me, she came towards me quickly, letting the basket she was carrying fall to the ground, and when it came right in front of me, I was surprised by her holding my arm and trembling! It was a freak!! she stood in front of me shacking like a frightened bird ! I looked at her in astonishment... I said: "What's wrong with you?" She said, barely catching a few breaths: "Where did you go?" I answered: "I'm here looking at books!... What's wrong with you?" ..and she said in terror: "Do not leave me alone." I looked at her with some fear, anxiety... and bewilderment... She said: "Do not leave me alone... I am afraid." That... and seeing her tremble in terror before my eyes... This situation reminded me of the fateful day... I said: "Are you... are you okay??" She said again: "Don't leave me alone... Please... "This did not seem to me to be a normal behaviour... I got nervous and worried... and I looked at her in confusion... We walked towards the basket, so I wanted to pull my arm out of her hands to carry the basket and put the contents back inside... But she didn't release it easily... Instead, she grabbed me some more and started crying... It wasn't an ordinary situation, so the first thing I asked my mother about after we got home: "What made Raghad freak out when I left her in the library and walked away a little bit?" Mom looked at me intently. ..then she said: “What happened?” “Nothing… I went to look at the He wrote and minutes later I found her trembling in panic! My mother's face frowned, and she said, "Why are you leaving her, Walid?" I told you... Watch out for her." My mother's words made me crazy, so I said: "Mom... What is there?? What's up?? My mother said bitterly: "She has a morbid dread of strangers...she dies of panic if she doesn't find one of us by her side...She has been sick with this for years...Since you left, Walid!" "I was shocked by the news, a shock that shook my being and my sentimental... My mother told me details that happened to the little girl after my absence... And the sickness that afflicted her for a long time and the panic that she experienced whenever she found herself among strangers... It was not difficult for me to link the fateful incident And this is her condition, and how much I wished... How I wished... If Ammar came back to life... So kill him... Then kill him and kill him a thousand times... He deserves more than just being killed.... My mother said: And when the attacks on the area continued, panic and disease intensified... and we found ourselves compelled to leave with those who left the city... It was not easy to leave, but the return was more difficult... I spent with her sporadic periods in the hospital... She did not Don't leave me for a moment! With the utmost hardship, my father went

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