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May 5TH, 2018

Sunday, 6:50am


"Sshh, let's not wake her up."

The puppy's whining increased in volume and he stared up at Amin with big eyes. Sighing, he squatted and played with him for a little while. He had just gotten through with the cleaning of the crate so everything was fresh and clean in the puppy's world.

He'd been up since four, catching up on the little work that was piling up. He couldn't shake the nagging feeling that had been with him since the day before so he directed his thoughts towards work. Questioning her didn't feel like the right thing to do, especially since she kept forgetting to answer.

Light streamed through the kitchen windows and he took it as his cue to check on her. She was already stirring when he entered the room and opened the curtains a little.

"Hey you," she smiled with her eyes closed, her face to him. The view of her on the bed was enough to make him want to crawl back in but he had other plans and they needed attending to.

"Good morning, babe. How are you feeling?"

"Like I slept. Why are you up so early?" She sat up grudgingly and removed the sheets from around her bed.

"We've got plans. So you need to get up and put some clothes on," he headed into the bathroom and muttered, "for my sanity."

"Amin, really? I didn't plan to leave this house today."

"Too bad. Get up."

"You're mean. Can you at least say where we're going?"

"Nope," he pulled her close and kissed the top of her head. "Just brush your teeth and put clothes on. Oh, and pack a change of clothes."

"Okayy, I'm a little excited now." She passed by him and went in the bathroom. "Did you check on the dog?"

"Yeah. Speaking of, are you ever going to name him?"

"Of course. Just not now. It's a delicate decision."

"Whatever you say. Ten minutes."

"Geez, I'm coming. If you're gonna be like that, then find clothes for me."

"I will then. Jeans? Dress? Sweatpants? What?"

"Find clothes means find clothes, babe. I don't know. The sweatpants sound great though," she flashed him a smile and disappeared behind the door.

He sighed and went over to his closet. "Women."

"I heard that," she yelled from the bathroom.

He just shook his head and found her a shirt to wear from among his clothes. His phone rang out from the side of the bed and he went to answer  it. "Bas."

She peeked from behind the door and stretched out her hand towards him.  He handed her clothes to her and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Good morning to you too. Are you okay? Since Friday. Just making sure you're not dead."

"I'm fine. What's up?"

"Ookay then. I did what you asked with the hotel. Do you want them to handle the thing tonight too or..?"

"Nah, I'll talk to them when I get there, just send me the number. Are you busy today?"

"Yeah, I have to go to Sajj house to handle some stuff. Have you been there?"

Amin frowned. "Not this week. Why? Did something happen?"

"A lot. But I'm not gonna ruin your Sunday. We'll have that conversation tomorrow."

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