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Shams' illness

He stood in disbelief that Samiha Standing in front of him smiling, she said while extending her hand to shake his hand:
- I finished today's lectures early, I said I'm going to see you...
Nabil interrupted her while gently holding her hand:
- but?
- But what do you not understand?
- Do you come to see her only?
Samiha gently pulled her hand and looked at the ground for a few seconds, then raised it. Dusk covered her face and her hair with a magical color around her, like a princess who had just come out of a book of stories to enjoy quietly at night on her balcony.
- And check on you too.
Nabil smiled and said to her:
- Mama was here and she was still walking away from something simple.. If I had known that you were coming, I would have made her wait for you..
- compensate..
- I told her about you.
Samiha looked at him in astonishment, her breath quickened and her heartbeat racing. She said while pointing to herself:
- What did she say about me?!
Nabil nodded in the affirmative and smiled. He dared to extend his hand towards her intertwined fingers and untie them. She looked at him in astonishment and let out a huge sob. Her face was colored with the color of the sun that was about to disappear. She took a step back, lowered his head as well and said in a trembling voice:
- Samiha.. I love you.
She could not reply, and the words stopped in her throat, which suddenly dried up. After moments of anticipation, Samiha raised her head and shook her affirmatively, with a shy smile on her lips. Nabil held her hand and kissed it, then pulled it gently, heading away from the old tree. She asked him:
- Where is it?
- Ali Noha and Mama Shams.
- for him?
- I don't know.. but I wish we could be among them now.
Samiha smiled at him and walked beside him, catching a glimpse of him out of the corner of her eye, while repeating inside her: "What madness am I doing this?!", Samiha stopped in the parking lot and said to him:
- How will we go?
Without thinking, Nabil replied:
- in my car..
Then he pointed to where his car was parked and said:
- She is the one there..
She smiled at him and said:
- Well, my car is not there, what is it too?
She said it while pointing in another direction. Nabil stood bewildered. He wished that she would ride beside him so that he could get closer to her, but these circumstances stand between him and his wish. He told her:
- Let each one go in his car, and we will meet there.
Samiha smiled a charming smile and nodded in approval. Nabil said jokingly:
- We will run ahead and see who will reach first..
Samiha responded to him in the same spirit of fun, saying:
- And who wins?
Nabil was puzzled at the answer, and said after a moment of thought:
- If you win, we will call the filly Samiha.
- And if you won?
- We will call the filly Samiha also.
He said it and laughed, and each of them went to his car, heading towards the villa of Al-Bunduqdari. After nearly forty-five years, Nabil arrived at the palace. Fattouh ran towards Nabil's car, with a worry on his face. Nabil got out of his car when Fattouh approached it. Fattouh looked at him and asked him:
- Isn't Noha called you, sir?
Nabil was disturbed by Fattouh's features and the anxiety depicted on them. He asked him, with turmoil breaking his chest:
- What is wrong with you, Uncle Fattouh?
- Mrs. Shams is very tired and the doctor is with her.. You don't know..
Nabil Fattouh did not let him finish his words and ran into the garden, heading for the main palace door, he found him averted, pushed him and jumped up the stairs leading to Shams's bedroom.
- who?
- I am Nabil, Noha.
- Enter, Nabil.
Nabil entered and stood stunned with tears shining in his eyes. The hose of the feeder was connected to Shams's arm, whose color had turned a little pale. Nabil approached the bed and looked at his aunt. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at him and smiled a pale smile, the color of her skin. She said in a low voice:
- How are you, Bulbul? What brought you now?
He kissed her between her eyes, and a hot tear ran down her cheek. She said, turning her face away from him:
- Why are you crying now?! Mana is like a good one.
He patted her hand and kissed her. He looked angry at Noha. She pointed at her and said to him:
- She is the one who prevented me.
- Even if I prevent you.. I am in it as you are in it, Noha.
Shams turned to them and said, anticipating power and control:
- Are you going to fight in front of me?! Ok, do respect for the doctor who treats him with us.
Nabil looked at the young doctor who was standing quietly. Nabil extended his hand to him, shaking hands and apologizing to him. The doctor accepted his apology with open arms and reassured him about his aunt, who was suffering from dehydration after she forgot to drink plenty of water as advised by the doctors. The doctor left Noha and Nabil aside and said to them:
- There is nothing to be afraid of, by the way, her condition is very good, but it is clear that dehydration affects the urinary system in general, and this is the reason for the burning sensation she had. This solution will replace part of the fluids, but she must drink plenty of water, at least two to three liters per day.
Noha shook her head approvingly, Nabil asked eagerly:
- I mean, the case does not need to be transferred to a hospital, Doctor?
The doctor smiled calmly and said to him:
- Not at all.. You are her son.
Noha Nabil presented to the doctor, saying:
- Captain Nabil, a police captain, my aunt's son, and my breast-feeding brother.. I mean, he really has the right to be upset, and as he said to him, he is in Mama exactly as I am in her.
Noha held Nabil's hand as if apologizing to him. Nabil sighed, trying to overcome the fact that she had not told him about his aunt's illness. Noha returned to introduce the doctor to Nabil:
- Dr. Ashraf.. a master's degree in internal medicine specializing in kidneys.. and his father and mother are senior doctors in the same specialty in a big hospital.. and they have a large specialized hospital.. so if the matter was worth it, they would surely tell us and we would transfer it to their hospital.
Ashraf smiled in support of Noha's words and said:
- The matter is really simple.. I will send someone from the laboratory to take a blood and urine sample immediately. The solution and antibiotic injections will be put in the solution every hour.. What is more important than medicine is drinking water.. I will follow up the village and visit it every day.. If there is any need, call me at any time.. My private number is with you, Professor Noha.
- All right, Doctor, and a thousand thanks for agreeing to come for a private visit.. and sorry for your trouble.
- There is no fatigue or anything.. Do you know whether to remove the device from the cannula or send a nurse to stay with her?
Noha smiled and said, showing gratitude:
- Not to this degree, Dr. Ashraf.. I will remove it and install the solution and put the antibiotic at exactly the required time. Don't worry..
Ashraf smiled while contemplating the beauty and serenity of the greenery of Ain Noha. He turned towards Nabil and extended his hand to shake hands. Nabil held his hand and said to him:
- No, I'm coming to pick you up.
Ashraf looked at Noha, bowed his head politely, and left outside with Nabil. Downstairs, Nabil stood with Ashraf, who refused any amount offered by Nabil in return for his medical services that he had performed and that he would perform, on the grounds that Shams is a great historical value that he cannot charge any money for her treatment, because he was honored Entering such a palace is enough for him. Nabil insisted on him, but he refused. In the midst of these negotiations, Noha entered, and her face turned yellow as well when she heard from Fattouh the news of Shams's illness. Nabil reassured her and knew that he supervised her, saying:
- Samiha Al-Shutari.. My fiancée and Noha's friend.
Ashraf bowed his head to her and then left. Samiha stood confused by what Nabil had said to Ashraf. He looked at her and smiled and said:
- You will be my fiancée, my wife, and the mother of my children as well, unless you don't mind.
- That fast?!
- why not?! Of course, he forbade your words about me, just as she spoke to me and told me about you.
Samiha smiled tersely and put her hands on her waist and said:
- What did Noha tell you about me?
- It's not his time.. Let's check on my first mom.
Nabil respectfully motioned her to move forward, and she climbed the stairs and together they headed toward Shams' bedroom.