Chapter twenty-three

Saniya left the house and went out into the street, and started walking slowly until the coffee boy spoke to her, as he is now cleaning and stacking the chairs. coffee refrigerator.

- She looked at him while pretending to wipe her tears, so that he followed her to speak and said: O Lord, why are you crying?

She replied to him saying: My sister is very ill, I will go to her, and therefore I will have to postpone fulfilling the vow for a day or two

The boy agreed to her words.

And he said: Do not worry. What is important is the safety of Hajja, your sister. In general, the things you put will not go anywhere. When you ask for them, call him, and I will take them to you.

Saniya said to him in a loud voice: Thank you, and I hope that you will thank the teacher for me.

She left quickly and went out, to the beginning of the street, then she stopped a tuk-tuk, to take her to the place of the projects that she would ride, after that she would take her to the Al-Awaid area, and there she would ride another project to Al-Amriya, and thus the beginning of her day would be successful for her, as she planned, so now and after the boy speaks, With the teacher, the people of the street will all know that she will postpone this vow for a day or two due to her sister's illness.

As for Tamara and her mother, they were very busy with the wedding preparations. Tamara knew very well that Hani Al-Behairy had no following.

In Alexandria and you know very well that his atelier is on Mohamed Farid Wagdy Street, in Manial, Cairo, and of course she got the phone number from a friend of hers.

- And she called, and here she was answered by one of the specialized workers, in answering the phone and asked her.

Several questions were answered by Tamara about her name and address of residence.

And she said to her: I want to buy a wedding dress. Are there any dresses? Can I buy them once, or do I have to come to you?

The girl answered her solemnly, sternly and respectfully as well:

Yes, madam, it is our only address, and we specialize in all wedding dresses, and as you know, we have a specific fee because its diamonds are worn by Hani Al-Behairy.

Tamara answered her, while she was sitting next to her, her mother was very happy, and she was smiling so that the girl was feeling her happiness, as is the case with many of her contacts.

- Yes, it is a wedding dress. I saw several stars wearing it, a specific dress and I want it.

The girl answers:

She said it is better for you, madam, to visit us. Leave your phone number and me. I will send you our e-mail and application, the website, so that you book an appointment before you come and you will have several choices, from buying some existing designs or making a special design for you.

Tamara looked at her mother and her face showed signs of happiness.

She said to the girl: Yes, I will send an email now, as I will send my measurements, and I will come to you as soon as possible.

Her mother, who was sitting on the couch in Tamara's bedroom, got up and embraced her daughter saying, "Choose the best dress and the best design." Your father and I always hoped that you would wear the dresses of princesses' shoulders in fairy tales, as you loved to wear when you were little.

She laid her head on her mother's chest.

Tamara: Mom, I want that dress that the actress, Yousra El-Lawzy, used to wear. You know that it cost five million dollars because it was embroidered with diamonds, but I don't want it with diamonds, but I want the same design. The wonderful beautiful crown I was, I wish my parents were with me.

So I looked at her, her mother, and tears began to appear in her eyes.

Her mother: He feels us, my daughter, he feels us. She now sends them an e-mail so that you can make an appointment. We can go. Tomorrow, now, get up. Let us go to the furniture showroom, Helwan, which is located on Fawzi Moaz Smouha Street. It has the finest furniture. And I want you to renew some things, but I want you to bring all the furniture, Estel, because it has a value that increases with the passage of time.

So she moved away from her mother, got up and said: - Yes, mother, I will get dressed immediately.

Her mother came out of his room, Tamara slept and closed the door behind her, then headed to the front corridor, to that room, which is in the front, that it was her room and her husband's room as well, that it had many secrets that she wanted to end, the opportunity for her daughter to be busy and to search the room, because she knows Her husband put in the house a lot of things that she used to watch with him, and she considered them to be antiques. She never thought that they were really real antiquities.

As for Saniya, after that, she sat for about two hours in the transportation, and she reached Al-Amriya. She got off quickly, as if she was struggling with time and kept walking, and she walked while memorizing the road by heart.

She knocked, on the door, and Mohsen's voice came to her from inside, come on, needy again, I'm coming to open for you.

Saniya heard his footsteps, then opened the door, which was locked, with the key.

I found him wearing a men's cloak, oily in color, but it had some stains, as if they were caused by an oil spill, on it, so I looked at him closely, as she was not afraid of him and found that it had many stings, because of the cigarettes he was drinking, so she looked at him from top to bottom, then said:

- You did not wear clothes to go out to, now he quickly puts them on, so that we can go to Sheikh Jaber.

So he raised his hand while yawning, and he consulted her about that room, which was previously with her aunt, her daughter.

He said to her: Come in and wait for me here in the room. And I will go inside, get dressed quickly, but as I told you, I don't know why you go to him or do you long for what he does to you?

Saniya raised her hand, and punched him in the shoulder.

And she said to him: Shut up, go inside, quickly put on your clothes, I respect you only on the phone in front of my daughter, but as you know, I do not need you, but I want to enter Jaber while you are with me so that people do not talk much or that someone comes to spy on him, especially since He has this, the small window that overlooks the street, so you will stand outside so that no passer-by or intruder can eavesdrop.

He nodded and said:

- Yes, then he preceded her by a few steps, after he told her to close the door. She closed the door, as if he had entered, to that door that is located on the right.

As for her, she continued after this door, about four steps, and entered that large room, in which her daughter was sitting previously.

I first looked around the room left and right and laughed.

- And she said in a low voice, the face of the wolf is still there, on the wall. This wolf has a brother, but it is hanging with Jaber.

The room consisted of four sofas made up of what looked like a square, and in the middle was a short, but circular table on which a glass jug was placed, covered with a white plate, and in the jug was water, and next to it were two empty cups, and they were all on a circular tray.

She sat on that couch, which is not in front of the door, but beside it, so that no one would see her standing outside, so that she could gather her thoughts as she sat down.

She only felt herself, as if she had gone back in time to a few years, when Azza was young, and her husband came to her one day and told her that he wanted a child and married another woman. Jaber, who was taken by her sister, from a neighbor who goes to him.

She went to him, but after several times, and her husband was still determined to marry that woman, she went to him, and after she sat down, she said to him:

- I did what she commanded me to do, until the man still wanted to marry, from that lady I want to burn his heart, the marriage is after only two days, and everyone knew and I found many gloating about me, because I want to conquer his heart.