the elevator that opened directly into his private office, a huge room occupying the corner of the building with floor-to-ceiling windows giving views in two directions. The two remaining walls contained a door, a low bookshelf, and a single oil painting - a vase of flowers by Vincent van Gogh.
The black glass surface of his desk was equally uncluttered: a computer, a leather notebook, and a framed photograph of a fourteen year old boy.
i held up the framed photograph and stared intently at it..the boy looked young and carefree..his perfect freckled smile unveiled his innocence.
"oh yes..thats yusuf..your brother" my father stated.
Regret washed over me like the long slow waves on a shallow beach. Each wave was icy cold and sent shivers down my spine. How i longed to go back and take a different path, but now that was impossible. There was no way back. There was no way to make it right. The remorse would eat me everyday in my life. sometimes i envied the pebbles, hard and lifeless, unable to feel the torments of life.
"hubibi..are you okay?" coming back to reality i stared at him..and slowly nodded.
"i missed you guys so much...baba..im so sorry..i left you guys..i left when yusuf needed me the most" i sniffed.
"hayati...its okay..lets move on and focus on the future.."
"baba..wheres..yusuf?"his features stiffened and he cleared his throat.
"why dont you wait here beta..i'll call him" he said and quickly left the room..leaving me in utter confusion.
"nur..listen to me very carefully" ashers voice boomed inside my hidden headphones."go check his drawers..quickly u have little time." i stood still and rigid.
"why the fuck are you wasting you time?" i pretended to ignore him. i knew this was my last chance to be with my family. "hes playing with you nur..donot fall into his trap!"
ASHER POV
my heart raced wildly and my mind was filled with confusion....SHIT!!
"nur...please hes lying to you hes manipulating you." i knew i'd done something pretty awful..Remorseful. Guilty.
That was how I felt at that very moment. I wished for a Time Turner so I could go back, rectify the mistake - the worst of all I had done.
"okay..nur just get out of there! you're not safe"
"im sorry ash" her voice small and weak.
"NUR..NO!!" but all i heard was static.
I just cant leave her in there! god help me...i decide to ditch on her
but my heartache was was like a wolf eating my chest, tearing it's way to my trembling heart. It threatened to devour me, eat me whole and leave nothing but scraps behind. i had to get her..SHIT!!
i quickly got out of the car and unlatched the trunk of the car and produced two of my desert eagle and loaded them..
NUR POV
i took off the microphone and smashed them under my boot..i composed myself and waited for yusuf..i didnt trusted my father..but i had to do it for yusuf...i loved him so much..i wont let him go this time.
i sneaked towards the door and stared at the entrance..i could hear my father screaming ferociously at someone...all i heard was..what do you mean hes gone...killed...nur...yusuf ..what should tell i her!.findhim..then SILENCE.whats going on!
"baba" i called. he appeared before me his face wet with perspiration.."everyt..thing okay?"he came near me and kissed my forehead..."yes..honey everything's fine...its just yusuf..hes..gone out..he'll come back soon!" My eyes enthralled on him but he avoided my gaze...the lines on his face were hardened and his expression blunt and empty. i knew something was horribly wrong.
i sat on the sofa...the silence between us was getting uncomfortable and awkward..taking a deep shaky breath..in a swift motion i took out the gun and pointed at him.."tell me wheres yusuf or i'll blow your brain out!" i yelled at the man before me. he looked at me with startling guise.
"Nur..what are you doing? calm down honey" i placed his hands in a surrendering position.
"dont you honey me! tell me where is he?" i asked through gritted teeth.
"HES DEAD!..OKAY HES DEAD!" he shrieked. "and im sorry i couldnt save him."
My eyes drip with tears.."what have you become baba.." i asked in a defeated tone.
I never experienced grief this bad before. It all started when I lost my mother, my world and my hero. It sneaked up on me quietly and took me under its arms in an instant. Every memory played like a song in my head, repeating itself for what seemed like forever.
I was lost mostly because I had lost a big part of me. I couldn't get that part back and I wanted it so bad as my life depended on it but it was all gone, vanished in thin air.
I can't say it got better but it did get easier. At first, I thought grief was something bad that takes you ten feet under but soon I learned that it was just the price we had to pay for loving someone.
but i cant lose myself now...i need to have self control..i need to be resilient..
"im sorry beta...to every debt there is always a price to pay"
"you sold your family..your only loved ones"
"if i say i regret everything i've ever done to you guys you wont believe me..but every single day when i stand before the mirror i see a monster ive become."
"LET.ME.GO" i whispered..."one last time let me go and i wont ever come back"
in a moment..a man with husky appearance came panting.."boss.,laqad taeradna lilhujum" (we've been attacked). he looked at me and pointed his ak-47 at me..
"leave us..." my father replied. the man was reluctant at first but he left.
"ashers here with his men...you guys arnt armed"
"your'e right..i'll let him win this time." Every gunshot i heard was the one that ripped me from this existence,these Gunshots come thick like summer rain. The tin projectiles cutting through the frozen air, oblivious to their purpose. Each one rips into something, be it inanimate or living.
"is this how you are going to die?"
"i just want to fallasleep until i dont miss you guys anymore..im done running" "do you think the universe fights for the sould to be together? somethings are too strange and strong to be a coincidence." "i love your mother...and i love you too nur...im sorry for ruining you...every debt has its price" he came near me and violently pushed me and and snatched the gun from me..and aimed at his heart"layltan saeidat habibiun"(good night my love) he whispered and pulled the trigger.
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CHAINED BY ARAB MAFIA(Ongoing)
Acak*LIKE A MOTH DRAWN TO FLAME* ((flashback)) Shots of gun ranged on my ears as I dashed upstairs and burst in my room and hid beneath the bed trembling with fear. I could hear the laugh and footsteps approaching my room as I sank deeper under my bed h...
