A Trilogy: "Against the Odds" Book One

Somehow Still Connected (Can)

Laying in the bed as the sun was beginning to rise in the horizon. Can's headache had subsided throughout the night. He felt confused, disoriented, and like something was really missing from his life. He was a loner but, today he felt really alone and disconnected from his world. He made his way down to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee and something to eat. Not a word was said between the three men. Can went out and sat down on the ground leaning against  a tree. Emre and Ibriam could see how Can seemed so disconnected and were very concerned about tomorrow evening.
He sat there staring at a pond that had a cascading waterfall. When suddenly a flash appeared out of no where before his eyes of one with two falls that joined together half way down. It meant something to him but, he didn't know why. With that he began to feel a mild headache coming on.

He then got up and decided to go for a his daily run hoping that it would help.

Emre, Ibriam and Can sat down to eat their breakfast. They tried to talk to Can but really got no response at all from him. He was not focusing whatsoever. He went up stairs to shower leaving his brother and best partner sitting there. The two of them knew that they needed to come up with something to make a new plan about tomorrow evening because Can showed not remorse or interest in this case anymore. Ceyda really put on hell of a spell on him and knew that what they originally planned would not work. They left him be for the day and went over to Aunt Remide's place to make a conference call with Aziz and Mitat so they could discuss the new plan. Aunt Remide put in her suggestions and instead of Ibriam being the Bartender they would get one of the women on the task team to take his place. One that Can didn't know that worked as a Undercover Investigator Arzu Tash. Ibriam was now assigned to be the one that was stay closer to Can and was put in charge of the whole night, from arresting Ceyda up to making it possible to close this case once and for all.

Later in the morning Can was walking down the lane toward the barn. Something was drawing him there. As he stood looking upon it when another scene appeared before his eyes. It was the most beautiful white horse running on a beach.

And than another one of a woman and a man riding side by side on two horses along the beach at sunset.

He rubbed his temples, closed his eyes and when he opened them back up the scene was gone. He somehow felt that he knew the horses but was getting confused as his headache began to increase more and more. He said to himself "What is going on. This is the second thing that has appeared before my eyes." With that he put both of his hands on top of his head to see if it would relieve his now pounding head.
Can was then walking along he fenced road where all of the fields of wild flowers were planted. A big breeze came up and he smelt the most amazing scent. So he bent down to smell one in particular.

Little did he know Sanem was doing the same thing back on the Big Island with Little Can in her hands. It was a familiar scent but again he didn't understand what the meaning behind it was. His headache was now became a full blown migraine so he went back to the house to lay down in a dark room to try and rest. But little did that due. So he turned on the light on the nightstand.
He was keeping his head on the pillow to ease the pain. Looking around on the floor he saw something underneath one of the dressers so he slowly got up and went to see what it was. As he picked it up he could see it was a dried up red rose petal. As he sat on the floor leaning his back up against the dresser, a path of red rose petals that lead to a shape of a heart flashed before his eyes.

Not realizing when he saw it he crashed the petal that was in his hand without even realizing he had done it because a sharp pain came across he forehead. When he looked down at all the crumbled pieces, he began to weep for some unknown reason. All those crumbled pieces meant something in his heart and he couldn't understand again why? He questioned himself has he thought of all the scenes that flashed before his eyes. "What was the meaning of the two waterfalls, the horses, a couple riding off in the sunset together side by side on horses, the wild flowers with their amazing scent and now the path of red rose petals where was it leading too?" He got up and went down to the kitchen and found a plate of food fixed for him in the refrigerator. He tried to eat but his headache was so extreme that it made him sick. So he figured the best thing to do was to call it a night because he had to report to the Agency and had plans for a date of drinks and Dinner with Ceyda. He was only thinking of her and no one other woman. Can was so much under this spell he didn't have any inclination that these headaches were cause by something going on in the deepest part of his heart. He layed in bed feeling so alone and disconnected except to Ceyda. She was now his world he thought. But, little did he remember that tomorrow evening would be the day to finally put an end to a case that he had been working on for so long in which that seemed to have been erased from his mind also.

Emre and Ibriam had it all planned out with Aziz and Mitat's help. They just hope that it would all go smoothly and Can wouldn't put up a big fight or scene at the bar to protect Ceyda. This was one side of Can Divit that none of them ever wanted to come across ever. And the only thing to do was wait and see where it would go. But, you can rest assure they had men that would be able to hold Can back if need be. Everyone went to sleep to rest if they could due to it being a very long day for all of them. Tomorrow is the day to finally end this fiasco.