Chapter eighteen

I woke up from my short nap... I was sitting on a sofa by the beach, my feet dangling in the sea and hugging its dancing waves... The air was so fresh and the sea so beautiful... A view I hadn't seen in years It's the first time in nine years In which my chest rejoices when I am among my family and loved ones... The voices of a group of children penetrated deep into my ears and woke me from my rare comfort. As soon as I opened my drowsy eyes, they received a sight that made me stand erect immediately! It was Raghad... my sweet little girl... my only brother's fiancée... sitting on the wet sands fiddling with the water... right next to me! I waked up and I panicked ! And soon she, too, sprang up standing, looking at me... I aimed my arrows at the sea... to swallow any feeling that thought of waking up in my heart... And I took a step away from her. To my mother... "I didn't know if she meant me to accompany her or to watch her specifically, but when she walked away, Samer and I stayed - who had just come out of the water and stood to my left only two inches from him - watching her as she moved away... And when a boy appeared on her way wanting to take the soccer ball from him, which was rolled towards her, my little girl got confused... and turned towards us... and came quickly and grabbed my right arm and hid behind her! Of course, I stood like a wall, not feeling anything around me, and I didn't know what was happening and what I should do! I wanted to pull my arm, but she planted her nails in me and hurt me... That boy was carrying the ball and was looking at us in amazement, and my mother and Dana also looked in amazement. As for the looks that I didn't know what their nature was, they were the looks of my brother Samer... "My little girl... My little girl. It's okay... Calm down, please." Raghad now looks at me with tears in her eyes. "Why didn't you come with me? Why did you leave me alone? Do you want anyone to hurt me yet?" Her words made my muscles contract. All of them suddenly, and subconsciously I grabbed her hands and tightened them tightly... A moment of remembrance inferno... Our eyes staring at each other sharply... From my eyes scorching burning sparks... And from her eyes pouring wounded tears... And in Her pupils see a display of the damn ominous tape... and a picture of Ammar smiling... and the belt dancing... "I would have killed him." I said this sentence involuntarily while I stared at her with eyes full of evil... and oppression... I felt With things torn inside me... and things squeezing... and things hurting and screaming... How can I bear a situation like this?? If Samer remained silent, she might have stayed for months standing at the same point, but his voice cut the tight ropes and loosened the contracted muscles, "Raghad..." We released our bound gazes to each other and allowed them to move into Samer's eyes... And the astonishment that enveloped Samer's face, who was standing and looking at us... He said: "Raghad... my dear..." And after that he did not utter a clear sentence to explain the mysterious expressions drawn on his confused face... Raghad is now wiping her tears and she has calmed somewhat. What... Now... my mother and my sister arrive... and Raghad turns to them, and says bitterly: "I told you, I can't... I don't want to come... I can't... Don't leave me alone." More painful crying My mother took her in her arms and started to mumble words that I could not comprehend from the horror of what I am in... Then I saw them three, Raghad, my mother and Dana, walking away back from where they came... Samer remained standing for a few seconds, then they were catching up. With them ... and he turned to me ... He saw me collapse on the sand and press my hand on my stomach and groan in pain ... I felt things tearing and squeezing in my guts ... And dizziness invaded me without warning Sudden ... and sudden weakness and weakness in my body ... I fell to the ground ... I knew that my heart was bleeding from the inside, and the tissues of my whole body were bleeding from the severity and cruelty of the situation ... and I felt blood running in all directions in my body.. And I felt it rise from my stomach... and fill my mouth... Then it comes out and spills on the sand, coloring it with my hand resting on it red... Now... my eyes can see it clearly... Just as you see the light. Real blood came out of my stomach mixed with the juice of my stomach writhing in pain... "Walid! “I raised my head, and I saw Samer looking at the place of blood in panic…” What is this?? "What is this? I think it's blood! It's the first time that my blood comes out of my stomach... and I feel very sharp pain in my stomach... What is this? I think this is a symptom of some disease... After a while... We were sitting near the coal stove, inhaling the smoke from the grills... and savoring its delicious aroma... My father used to turn the skewers and shove the coals... And whenever the meat was cooked in one of the skewers, he pushed it to one of us, and he ate it with a great appetite... And Now it's my turn... "Go ahead, Walid." I would have liked to share this delicious meal with them, which I have not tasted for years... But the sharp pains in my stomach prevented me from eating... "Thank you, Father... I can't eat it because my stomach Very upset.” Samer said: “He vomited blood a while ago.” Everyone is now looking at me anxiously... I smiled and said, “Maybe you ate something you didn’t accept! Don't worry." My mother said worriedly: "Son... is it okay?? “Don’t worry, Mama… you will calm down by fasting for a while.” Then I tried to change the course of the conversation… My father stretched out the skewer of grilled meat towards the next person, saying: “Your share, Raghad.” Raghad was sitting on the back of the rug, far from the coal stove near which we were meeting. ... Raghad got up, came towards us, extended her hand and took the skewer, and then started to go back to the back ... I got up and said: "Come here... I'm going for a little walk" and moved away to allow her to sit in my place, near everyone ...and enjoy with them a delicious barbecue meal ... I went first to my brother's car, and took out a pack of cigarettes that I had put in the pocket of my pants that had been replaced

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