Chapter 5

Layal was speeding off, “wai3 many 6aba slider again!”

“Calm down shfeech?” Lujain asked.

“Mn 9jch intey?!  Ma shftay shsawa hatha? Gltlch law imdawreen mokan thany a7sanlna!” Lujain looked upset.

“6af whatever! Khal nistanas!” Lujain said, turning on the radio.

“Ya broodich!” Layal exclaimed.

Lujain has a chill personality nothing ever bothers her. With Layal it was the opposite, she always worried about everything all the time. People’s feelings, what people think of her, what they say about her, and how they view her.

“a7b hel ‘3nya!” Lujain announced

Layal shook her head and smiled.

After an hour of cruising  and trying to get her mind off of what happened Layal dropped off Lujain at her house, “yalla 7abeebty ashoofch bacher!”

“Inshalla! Bes ha moo tit2a5rain kal 3ada!” Lujain said as she hopped out of Layals car.

Layal smiled, “I’ll try, yalla bye.”

“Bye.” Lujain waved and walked into her house.

Layal started to think of what happened earlier at slider, ‘A good looking guy with a terrible personality, jad wai3 5arab yomy kla.’

Layal noticed that a cars headlight was on a few feet behind her but she ignored it thinking it’s the neighbor’s car.

As soon as she drove off the car behind her did too.

She ignored that as well thinking it’s a coincidence. A few minutes later the car got closer and closer to her car from behind.

“Uff fee awadm tsoog chthy?!” Layal felt like it wasn’t her day at all.

She quickly moved to the next lane thinking the car wanted to speed off, but to her surprise the car moved right behind her again.

She sped up and so did the car behind her, the person behind her started switching their headlights on and off.

Layal sped up even more and that car was still behind her.

Layal decided to quickly move in between cars to get away from that crazy driver behind her, but without any use he was still behind her.

“Maynoon hahta?!” exclaimed Layal, she started to get scared and imagining the worst situations happening.

Layals phone suddenly started ringing.

“Moo wagta!” Layal said as she picked up.

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Phone conversation:
Layal: Alo?

Lujain: Layaaaaaal nsayt agoolch na’6arty 3ndch!

Layal: Hatha wagta bala?!

Lujain: haw shfeech?

Layal: Wa7d maynoon 6ayr waray!

Lujain: wa5ray 3ana

Layal: 9ij intey barda! 7awalt mako fayda!

Lujain : haw calm down 3ady la titwatrain

Layal: mn 9ijch intey?! Ana mayta 5of! Bes o9al il bait akalmch bye

Lujain: ee ok  bye!
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Layal tossed her phone onto the passenger seat and tightened her grip on the steering wheel as if she was holding on to it for dear life.

‘law ga3da bl bait abrakly’ She thought to herself.

Layal sighed and looked at her rear view mirror for a moment, the car was still right behind her.

Her phone started to ring again.

Layal rolled her eyes, “Ya raby 3ala hel lujain moo wagtch!”

Layal answered her phone.

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Phone conversation:

Layal: Lujain glt akalmch ba3dain! Hel maynoon layl7een waray

Unkown: Maynoon?

(Layal was startled by the masculine voice on the other side of the line)

Layal: Mno int?!

Unknown: il maynoon ily warach il nas ma egoloon ra8amhom ib 9ot 3aly 3nd il waiting list ib slider…bes 7abayt agoolch 6al3a naaaar ilyom (he chuckled)

Layal: sh-shtaby int?! (Layal sounded terrified)

Unkown: bay bay laish 5ayfa yoba agool bes 9ft6ay 3ala janb aby akalmch
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Layal was more scared than ever, she started trembling and she glanced at the rearview mirror trying to figure out who was behind her but the headlights were too strong for her to see who was driving. She tried to look at the caller ID to see the number.

Suddenly…