Chapter 28

Almost a month later.

Layal was outside of Danas house staring at her phone in disbeleif,  as denial has taken over her. She couldn’t believe it, she just received a phone call from her father informing her that her mother has passed away. Her cancer was in a very developed stage and doctors couldn’t do anything to treat her condition.

Layal couldn’t cry, why? She was simply denying it. Her mother is gone, that wasn’t something easy for her to comprehend.

She was alone, her father was away since he was with her mother in finding treatment. He was going to return in a day or two as soon as he got the paper work done to come back to the country with her mothers corpse for burrial.

Sager was Danas neighboor, he just parked his car in his driveway and got out. He saw Layals face. It was pale and emotionless, as if she has seen a ghost.

He got worried and went over to her.

“Layal?” Sager said.

Layal couldn’t look up she was simply still, she felt like the whole world was spinning around her.

She couldn’t understand why did this have to happen to her? Wasn’t she going through enough?

“Layal…” Sager called her again.

Layal looked up slightly at him without replying.

“Shfeech? La tkhar3eeny rday.” Sager was starting to get really worried.

She couldn’t say it, she was in denial she knew that if she says it she cant deny it anymore.

“Ma feen-“ Just before she was about to continue what she was saying Sager snapped at her.

“bala kharabee6 goleely shfeech!” Sager was really worried about her.

“Sager gltlk ma feeny shey!” Layal replied loudly.

Sager stared at her and sighed, “Layal….la tkhaleeny a7ateech fee shey a7ad sawalch shey?”

Layal didn’t reply at all.

Sager, “Mno goleely? Shmsaweenlch?!”

“Ma7ad sawaly shey!” Layal snapped.

“3ayal shfeech?!” Sager was starting to get frustrated.

“gltlk ma feeny shey khala9 3ad !” Layals eyes started to tear up not because of the argument but because of her mothers death.

Sager bent down to be on the same level as she was sitting on the wheelchair.

He looked into her eyes and asked again with a lower tone, “Shfeech layal…”.

He cared he really did. Layal knows he does, but she was scared of telling him. Scared of the fact that she will have to face reality once she tells him, the reality of her mothers death.

Layal bit her lip, “o-omy..”

“Shfeeha?” Sager asked.

“t-twafat…” Layal choked on her words and burst into tears.

Sager was shocked, he didn’t expect that. He felt her pain right at that moment, because the pain of his mothers death started to come back. He knew exactly what Layal felt since his mother didn’t die a long time ago.

He knew the denial, sadness, and frustration she felt. He went through it all, and he still feels the emptyness and pain from time to time. He knew the greif she felt far too well.

So he let her cry, he wanted her to let it all out. He didn’t want her to pent up any emotions.

He waited there quietly listning to her sob for  a couple of minutes before she slowly calmed down.

“3atham allah ajrch…allah yasknha fasee7 janata inshalla…Layal la tz3leen..” Sager started to talk,

“Sager shlon ma tabeeny az3al hathy omy.” Layal choked on her words.

“Adry adry ina moo shey sahl…ana omy twafat mn chem sina allah yr7amha..”

“Allah yr7amha…” Layal replied.

“Shofay layal hatha moo shey sahl ina il wa7d ykhsar oma…o dayman ra7 tfgdeenha…bes tithakray shey wa7d 3ndch il wald allah e6awl 3omra lch o 3ndch rab3ch o ahalch …o 3ndch ana. La tnsayn hel shey law she9eer intey moo broo7ch wala ra7 akhaleech broo7ch mahma 9ar.” Sager soothed her with comforting words.

Layal sniffled slightly and looked at him, he really cared about her. She saw it by the way he looked at her.

Layal smiled slightly, which caused sager to smile.