Don't Leave

Hayat *Chapter 3* (The escape)

                         Hayat drove happily listening to her favorite songs. *Yazik ne mazi yazik. Anlatmaya yoruldum. Sen benden vaz geçince. Ben o gün de vuruldum* she repeated in her head until she was infront of her favorite place. *Our favorite secret place. Just me and my bestfriend. Nobody else to bother. Neither mom nor dad can bother me in here.* she thought "Hello, Pembe," Iso smiled from behind. "Hello, my bestfriend in soul," she turned around. He stepped forward until he was few inches away from her. Then he opened his arms to wrap them around her. *A warmth hug of this everyday is like the key of new beginning* "Let me smell you," he whispered "You smell suck," he stepped few inches away to see her reaction. "Tmam, Gel, Gel." "You smell well, Iso. So, stop being a jerk," she hit him on the shoulder, pulled away from him, and headed to their place. 

                        After a while, they were siting on the edge of the hill with no talking. They just stared at the nature and the river at the end of the hill down. "Do you think If I jump up from here into the river, I will survive?" Ismail wondered. "Iso," she looked at him "Don't you dare." "I am joking, Pembe; besides, I know that you cannot swim," he laughed at her. She immediately punched him in the shoulder "Ouch!!" "You know why you jerk!!" she yelled. "Let me guess, because you cannot handle living in another world," he admitted while running away. She got up as fast as she could and ran after him, so she could catch this dumb guy. "Iso, I swear I have enough today," she huffed and stopped running. He stopped too and went towards her, then he leaned in to play with her hair tufts. "My mum gets to me a guy, who I had never seen before to engage to me, Can you imagine?" she asked. "Yes, and it's your birthday. Happy birthday Pembe," he leaned closer to kiss her forehead "Don't worry, I won't let this happen, tmam." "How?" she stepped backward to face him. "You'll run away before your mom even enters the house, and when he goes away, you can go back," he said, but her jaws clenches. "Me! Running away? Is that a joke?" she perplexed. "No, listen to me. You have to get out of your house and come to my work and stay with me, alright?" He asks. "Tmam, Canim." They both stand there hugging one another until Hayat's phone rang. "Oh! let me guess? your third boss is calling," he whispered. She looked down at her phone and beamed "It's her." 

                        "Yes, Mrs. Lelas," she answered. "Hayat, you have to come immediately, I know it is still 1 pm and your work starts at 3:00 pm," she ordered. "But why?" Hayat huffed. "We have got a problem in the files, and we have meeting at six as you know. You have to get in here to help me finish it before the meeting starts, please," she begged. "Tmam, Mrs. Lelas. I will come immediately," Hayat hanged up the phone, and then turned around to face Iso. "I am sorry, but I have to go. Can you take care of my Kardeşlerim?" she pleased. "Sure," he squeezed her hand "Don't worry." Before she could climb into the car, he followed her and called "Pembe, here is your birthday gift," He said in a rush voice "But first close your eyes, and don't turn around." He leaned closer, brushed her hair up her back to put his necklace on her. "Now you can open your eyes," he whispered. "Hayat," her eyes glowed "it reads Hayat." she leaned in to kiss him on the cheeks "Thank you Iso," she whispered, and then climbed into the car and drove away from the place.

                        When she arrived to her third place, a company for making jewelries. Derya pushed her from behind until they reached Mrs. Lelas's office. "She arrives, bye!" Derya ran. "Hello, Mrs. Lelas," Hayat beamed, but it seemed awkward because she didn't smile back. "Tmam, shhhh me!" she blushed. "You have to finish this, and I will lock this door on you so you cannot get out until you finish. Just knock the door 3 knocks once you are done," she said. But before Hayat responded to her, she already shut the door and locked it. "Allah, Allah! everyone who is crazy finds me today. It's my birthday, and I am siting doing her assistant's job. Why the hell I am doing it? because I am Hayat Uzun. Everyone can do whatever they want to me, but I cannot do anything to me to them. Why? because I am stupid," she mumbled while collecting all the files and put them in the places they have to be in. 

                        After few hours, at five pm. Hayat finally finished all the files. "Abi, can you cover me when mom comes? you know I won't engage to this ridiculous man," She begged through the phone. "But abla, where will you stay?" he asked. "at Iso's work, tmam?" "Tmam, take care." "I will leave my car here and arrive there by a taxi, so you can tell my mom I have work," she assured him. "Tmam," she could feel his heavy breath "take care." "Tmam, Abi. Güle güle." she hanged up the phone, collected her things, and knocked on the door three knocks. 

                        She stood in the street to pick up a taxi, but she couldn't find any. *Shit! My birthday is lovely*. After a while, she couldn't find a single taxi, so she started walking towards the main street. When she was passing towards the other end of the road, a car hit her. She couldn't feel anything. Motionless; and everything was going hazy to her. She raised her hand to see a blood, and then she glared at nowhere. Suddenly, a guy came towards me "Are you okay?" he asked. But she couldn't answer him, her tongue... was injured. Her body, she couldn't feel her body. The guy touched her necklace, and she wanted to push his hand away so bad, but she couldn't move a single movement. she was motionless. "Hayat," he said. His voice was familiar, but she couldn't recognize it well. He leaned in and put his hand under her head "You are so in blood," he said. "Can I carry you?" few minutes passed, but no response or huff could escape her mouth. He carried Hayat as fast as he could and put her in his car. "You will be okay, tmam? I promise." This is the last thing she heard as everything went suddenly black.