BLOOD BY THE HAND OF GUILT

Chapter Thirteen

They woke up at the break of dawn covered in sand from head to toe but they were okay once their diamonds were intact.

"We need to keep moving. I think we should use the bottle to save up some water" Tamara suggested.

"No way" Dassa said and beagn walking before she even changed her mind. Then she stopped.

"What is it?" Tamara asked.

"My father….he always said never take a step into nay journey without asking for protection and guidance"

"Do you mean praying?"

"Yes Tamara, we need to pray"

"God has forgotten about us Dassa"

"No he hasn’t, come here"

Dassa took her arm and they both knelt.

They both shut their eyes but Dassa said nothing for what seemed like 3 minutes. She just knelt on her knees silently with her eyes shut. Tamara peeped and she was still that way but she didn't interrupt. Dassa finally opened her eyes and then stood, so did Tamara.

"Are we done?"

"Yes we are, lets go" Dassa said plainly and they continued their journey.

Sometime around noon they saw what looked like a metal mesh in the distance, it was glittering in the sun, reflecting the suns rays.

They approached the mesh steadily, each thinking of all the things that could go wrong.

They arrived at the gate the same time a jeep drove to the entrance.

The glass rolled down and to their surprise it was Ahmed.

"What a surprise it is, get in" He said.

The two obeyed and the guards seemed to look confused but for some reason they said nothing and let them through. The jeep drove through the gate and didn't stop even when they were through.

Ahmed looked back at them and said one thing.

"Welcome to Spain"

It took a moment for them to process what he had said.

"Wait you mean Algeria right?"

"No, Spain, now you two would have to tell me how you made it here"

"We….we…..i……we can't….i mean I can't believe this, all along we were headed for Spain?"

"Isnt that where you wanted to go?"

"No..i mean yes but the plan was to go to Algeria first I mean that is what we were told"

"Well thank God for miracles" Ahmed said.

At that Tamara screamed and hugged Dassa.

"What now?"

"You need to help us find a man named Caffery"

"Will Caffery?"

"You know him?"

"Hell yeah everyone knows Caffery, let me guess Dante?"

Dassa nodded.

"I will take you to Caffery, he will know what to do with you, probably get you passports out of here"

"Thank you, thank you so much"

"Don't thank me, we crossed path again for a reason, thank Allah"

Ahmed got them some food and water, a change of clothes, put them in a motel to get some rest and they continued the journey the following day.

Caffery seemed to have been expecting them. He was so nice to them. Ahmed left them in his care and left and immediately Dante began to give them instructions.

"You both need new names, you cant be called Dassa and Tamara if you want to go into hiding, the Sheik is after anyone involved in his wife's murder and his daughter's kidnap. For this reason Dante himself is gone into hiding…"

"What?"

"His team, they were attacked, many of them didn't make it back alive, it was a blood bath, even I am afraid don't know where he is, last I heard of him, he said I should make sure you get to safety. I will help you get a new life and to fit in but that will take days, in the meantime you can stay with me"

Caffery took them to his home which was beautiful. He was married with two daughters and his family was the sweetest. They stayed with them for a month and soon their papers were ready. Florida was their destination.

They took the names Leia and Kaia and adapted Caffery's surname, to everyone else, they were his nieces on a visit, no one asked questions because Caffery himself had not been in Spain for long and kept his life on a low key.

It was heartbreaking when they had to leave, his daughters Alicia and Piper had come to love them so much they held unto the girls and wouldn’t let them go.

"We will visit as soon as we get settled, we promise" Dassa, now Leia said.

"We will be waiting"

They said their goodbyes and Dassa handed a parcel to Will saying

"Only open it when we are gone" They made him promise and like they had agreed he only opened it when they had left and to his utter dismay, were five little diamonds rolling unto his palm. They came with a note;

'For everything you have done for us, we only wish we could do more, please accept this token in good faith, and may God bless your home.

ps. we didn't steal them neither did we get them by bad means. We found them.

He laughed through his tears, overwhelmed at their gesture and showed them to his wife and they both prayed for the two girls who were about to face the world…..a world different from the one they knew.