Broken Hearts, Hidden Secrets

Chapter Forty-nine

  Confrontation Between Raed, Nadia and Qassim. (Part Two)

“I think I want to introduce myself l. I am Raed Qassim. I am Nadia and Qassim’s son…..and also Dalia's twin brother who you thought died at childbirth”, Raed says, shocking everyone in the room. 

Hussein couldn't and didn't want to believe what he was hearing from the young man standing in front of him.

He looked at his wife and best friend who had guilt on their faces.

“All that time I was at work, you were cosying with my best friend, someone I call my brother? And you made my daughter's life miserable just because you found out about my second marriage while you were cheating on me….”

“Hussein, we can talk about this calmly and…”

“And what? Tell me. Would you bring the years that I lost with my daughter because of your threats about leaving with the kids and I would never see them again? Why Nadia? Have I ever given you a reason for you to cheat on me?” Hussein asked as he looked at both his wife and best friend. He then turned to face Raed who he met a few times as Zoya’s cousin. Not knowing that it was his wife and best friend’s son.“Young man, did you know all this time that these two are your parents?” He asked.

“Sir, I found out a few months ago when Nadia came to see Qassim. I accidentally heard them talking about the kids they had together and how Nadia wanted to get rid of Zianna without anyone suspecting her. I wouldn't have taken the job if I knew that Zianna was innocent in everything that Nadia lied to me about”, Raed says. Before Qassim could ask what he was talking about, Nadia quickly tried to slap Raed but was stopped by Qassim.

“Let him finish. I want to know everything that happened”, he said, holding Nadia's hand and then turning to face Raed and nodding for him to continue.

“They told me lies about how Zianna was hurting Dalia and Zoya. I believed them when they said that Zianna was ruining their lives. I cut the breaks in the car that was supposed to drive her to the party after the courthouse wedding. Sir, I am sorry from the bottom of my heart about everything. Nadia manipulated me into doing whatever she wanted because I wanted a mother…a real mother,” Raed explained. “I came here to ask her to stop hurting Zianna and leave her alone. And to tell Dalia the entire truth about me. But Nadia didn't want that, she wanted me gone, to disappear and never to come back again,” he added.

“Raed, stop lying…”

“Sir, I promise you that I am not lying. I have enough proof to show you that everything I said is true,” Raed says, reaching for his pocket and revealing a flash drive. “This contains everything that Nadia wanted me to do to Zianna. You can have it, and if you want I will go and surrender myself to the police…”

“No, need for that. You can leave but what about Dalia?”

Raed always wanted to tell Dalia who he was but he knew if he did, she might not believe him.

Hussein looked at Raed and saw how much resemblance he had to Dalia. The exact same look they have when they are thinking about something.

“I…when I am ready I will come and meet her. Tell her who I am”.

Raed leaves the room with a clear answer to the question he was searching for.

His biological mother never loved him but the mother who raised him did. 

Nour watched as Raed walked out of the house. 

He is Dalia's twin brother!!!

How could that be?!

Maybe Dad will have an explanation about this; I will go and ask him when he is done talking to Mum and Uncle Qassim.

Meanwhile, in the office, Qassim was beyond shocked to know that his wife had children with his best friend and made him raise one of them.

“How could you? I gave you everything…”

“Not everything. You were always gone. For days, sometimes even months. I felt lonely and…”

“I worked to give you everything you need and you were lonely? I was trying to keep the company from being bankrupt and you were lonely?” He said and then turned to face Qassim. “I considered you my brother and you betrayed me in the worst way possible. Why? Your wife was still alive when you were having an affair with mine, right?” He asked Qassim.

Qassim couldn't answer him as he was embarrassed about it.

Nadia tried to move towards Hussein but she was immediately stopped by him.

“No, stop right there…”

“Hussein, I am sorry about everything that happened in the past. Can we please forget about it?...”

When Hussein heard what Qassim said, he was enraged.

“Forget about it? You are asking me to forget the fact that you slept with my wife and passed one of your children as mine? I can't do that. But what I can do is call the police to escort you to jail for what you did to my daughter all these years…”

Hussein took his phone and started calling the police when Nadia knocked it out of his hand.

“No, you can't do that. I won't let you…”

Nadia started searching everywhere for something until she found it.

A gun that was hidden by Hussein for the family's security.

Nadia pointed the gun at Hussein without an ounce of guilt on her face.

“I won't let you ruin everything I have planned for the future of this family. I won't let you be with anyone but me,” Nadia says, still pointing the gun at Hussein.

Meanwhile, Nour was outside the door listening and watching everything.

I can't let Mom shoot Dad. What should I do? 

She quickly dialled her brother's number and explained everything that she was seeing.

“Please come here and hurry, Tayyal”, she said urging her brother on the phone.

Tayyal promised that he would be there.

“Nour, call the police before anything. And tell them everything you just told me, okay?” Tayyal said to his sister.

After hanging up the call, Nour dialled the police and explained the situation that was happening at her house.

“Please hurry”, Nour said.

Inside the office, Nadia was still holding the gun at Hussein while Qassim watched.

“Nadia, put down the gun. Don't do something you will regret…”

Nadia shook her head.

“No, you will call the police and have me arrested. I don't want that to happen…”

Qassim slowly approached Nadia from behind as she was distracted by Hussein who was trying to calm her.

Qassim then jumped on her and took the gun away from her. But something went wrong when she let go of the gun.

A shot was heard.

Who was shot?
Could be Nadia?
Could it be Qassim?
Or could it be Hussein?