When two worlds collide

Chapter 1

On the one side of Instanbul we have the Mahalle, and on the other the more Elite. Let's start with Sanem , a young sweet 17 year old who was orphaned with her sister at a young age.   Unfortunately being orphaned, at the age of five left her and her sister who was seven at the time, With their abusive stepfather.  

As the girls got older the stepfather decided to give Leyla away, because he couldn't afford two children, he kept Sanem because he had an interest in her, that no father should have.  The girls fought not to be separated but as fate would have it, they had no luck.   Leyla was given to a loving family for a small amount of lira, to feed the stepfathers alcoholism. The girls were devastated, they never saw each other again.

As the years went by he would beat Sanem and treated her like a slave. He would tell her when you're eighteen, you will be mine or I will sell you to the highest bidder.

Sanem and her best friend Ahan would Sneak out when the stepfather was drunk, he would be drunk for days. they would go to the side of the city were the wealthy people lived and look for clothes that were hanging outside to dry, so they could steal them and wear them.

One day they were walking by this beautiful home, and they heard some commotion in the back yard, they ran to the back, and they saw a feast out on the backyard, they were probably going to have a party. 
SANEM: "Ahan look at all that food, they're probably having a party."
AHAN: "it seems that way, I've never seen so much food."
As the girls stood there and watched an elderly man came out  (Aziz the father) with more plates of food it seemed he was setting up for a lot of people, following him were too young men they couldn't have been more than 23 and 21.
AHAN: "wow Sanem, that is a lot of food!". 
SANEM: "Yes it is, and I'm am so hungry".  "As soon as they go inside let's run and grab what we can."
AHAN: "Excuse me Sanem what happens if we get caught? 
SANEM: "Ahan, don't worry, we won't get caught, we'll be quick, ok, when they go inside we will grab what we can."

The girls waited and watched, as soon as the men went inside, Sanem quickly ran to get what she could, as she turned around to look for Ahan someone grabbed her arm.

"Hey what are you doing?"  Sanem turned around and saw a huge man holding on to her arm, Sanem got nervous and scared.
SANEM: " I'm sorry sir, please let me go, please,"(she said with tears in her eyes).
can held on to her arm looked into to her beautiful brown eyes and just stared at her,  when he saw the tears in her eyes, he softened, 
Sanem was scared when he  grabbed her , he turned her around, and She looked into his beautiful eyes, and she saw compassion.  Was she dreaming or was this gorgeous man actually being nice to her.
Can came back to his senses. 
CAN: " I'm sorry I didn't mean to grab you like that."  Can was so memorized by her, she held a certain softness to her, something sweet and innocent, for some reason he felt sorry for her.
CAN: " are you hungry?  please have your friend come and I will give you both some food, don't be scared it's ok" Sanem felt safe for some reason, she wasn't scared.
Watching all this from the inside was Aziz and his younger son Emre.  They looked at each other and Emre said,
EMRE: "I can't believe those poor girls baba, I feel sorry for them, look at the way they're dressed. There probably hungry and poor, let's go out and help Can pack up some food for them "
AZIZ:  "hello young ladies, please sit and eat something, I will pack up some food for you both to take home with you, we have plenty"
SANEM: "thank you sir, but just alittle for now, because we are so hungry. If I take food home my stepfather will beat me." The three men just stared at Sanem. She couldn't be more that 17 - 18 years old, There heart sank when she talked about her stepfather.
CAN: "may I ask were you're from, I'm Can by the way and this my father Aziz and my younger brother Emre"
SANEM : "we are from the Mahalle, I am so sorry we disturbed you it seems that you were getting ready for a party, we will leave.  We have to get back before he sees me missing."
AZIZ: "how old are you Sanem."
SANEM:  "I'm 17 I will be 18 in a couple of weeks."
AHAN: "Sanem, we really need to get back.  He Might wake up soon and if you're not there he's not going to be happy." Sanem looked at Ahan and she knew she was right .
SANEM:  "you're right Ahan , ok, let's get going, Aziz bey, Can bey and Emre bey, thank you again so much for feeding us."
CAN; "Sanem, Ahan.  Please come again we always have food and parties outside.,   Sanem do you have a phone, I will give you my number and you can call me if you need anything, Aziz and Emre also volunteered there numbers.
SANEM: "no I'm sorry I don't have a phone, he doesn't believe in them."
The men just looked at each other.  Can  offered to take them home, but they wouldn't allow it because the Mahalle was full of gossip and they didn't want to take the chance of her stepfather finding out.
Sanem and Ahan:  "thank you again for your kindness sirs. "
DIVIT MEN:  we always have food every Friday. We will be here !!!" The girls smiled and ran out of the back yard as fast as they could, they made it back in time. Sanem was Safe, he didn't even know that she was gone.
AHAN: "Sanem, you got lucky, we just made it back just in time. He's still sleeping."
SANEM: "I did get lucky, hopefully he won't wake up for a while, the less I see of him the better. You better get going, I'll see you tomorrow." Ahan hugged Sanem and left.
Sanem went to her room closed her door and locked it, she was thinking about the three men that were so kind to her and Ahan, and especially Can, so handsome, and so sweet.  Geez he's something out of a romance novel. Sanem layed down in her bed, feeling happy that she met these nice men. There are nice people in the world, not everyone is like my stepfather. One day things will change it won't always be like this , one can dream, and maybe dreams do come true.