Together.....In the Valley of Truth and Love

Chapter Eleven

He had never been so glad to reach the dock before in his life. That was quite a storm, but he was more scared for her than himself. But,...they made it, he thought as they gathered their belongings together and started towards the cottage. Sanem was chatting on about how proud she was of him and his sailing skills, and getting them home safe, when he reached their door. He tried to put the key in the lock, but the door pushed open at the slight touch. " Sanem, did you not lock the door? He asked, stepping back away from the door. "Yes, I locked it, I'm sure of it." She said. Can dropped what he was carrying and pushed Sanem to the side of the house. " Stay here, until I check it out." He ordered her. Her breath stopped, did someone break in their home, why,....they didn't have anything of much value. Can pushed the door open and flipped on the light, he didn't expect to find anyone there, but he didn't expect what he saw either. Their cottage was ransacked, turned upside down, every inch had been touched. Sanem yelled to him, " Can, what is it, are you ok? She yelled. He knew what she would do when she saw the mess, but, he said, " You can come, but it's not good." He replied, as he lead her to the door. She gasped, " Oh no Can, who did this?" She cried. " Look, they broke all of our pictures," she said, her heart broken. They moved through the rest of the house, seeing the destruction that had been left. Even the bathroom, all her creams and perfume were broken and busted. This was more than she could bear, until she saw their wedding picture ripped in half, lying on the floor of the bedroom. She knew who had been responsible for it all,....Huma. " Can, come look." She yelled, holding their picture in her hands. He came in the door, " Sanem, what is it?" He asked, then he saw the picture, " She was here, or she hired someone to do this." He spewed. 

" Can, what will she do next?" Sanem asked, her head in a fog. Can turned to her, his eyes full of hate, " Nothing, nothing at all,...you can be sure of that." He started. He took his phone and called his dad. The time was late there, so it took a minute for him to answer, " Son, what has happened, it's late, are you and Sanem alright?" He asked, with fear in his voice. " Dad, she broke in our house, we don't know if anything's missing yet, but it's destroyed." He told him, trying to control his emotions. Aziz was immediately on his feet, " Son are you sure, we have to be sure it was her." He shouted, not wanting to make any mistakes. " It had to be, I've never had a problem here, no one has ever bothered us here." His anger rising. " Ok son, let me call the investigator and you call the police there,...tell them everything, I mean everything." He demanded. Can hung up and dialed for the police, and they were there within minutes. Sanem was sifting through the mess trying to sort out what was left, when the police arrived, " Ma'am we need to evaluate the situation before we can let you touch anything else." He said. She had to leave, so she went to the beach, sitting in her chair watching the waves. Her life had taken so many twists and turns in her almost 30 years, but this was by far the most hurtful. She had experienced jealousy, envy, pity, and dislike, but never had she felt such a hatred from a person. It weakened her soul, to think that someone would loath her that much. Her mind was full of thoughts, she wanted to write down, it always helped her to make sense of it, and as terrible as this was, she wanted to document every minute of it. She wanted her notebook, so she went to the house,  " May I come in please to get my notebook, it's on the desk." She asked. They went to find it, " Ma'am there isn't a notebook,  are you sure it was here." They asked. " Yes, it's pink, I keep it there by the laptop." She replied. " No, it's not here, sorry." He said. She hurried into the room,    " Look on the floor, it has to be there, it just had it two day ago." She yelled. Can came from the bedroom, " Sanem, What is it?" He said, Reaching for her. " My notebook is gone, it was right here, and now it's gone, she took it. Can she took it." she screamed, kicking at the stuff on the floor. 

The police had gone and the investigator from Turkey had called Can, " Mr. Divit, have you seen you mother or do you suspect her to be there in Malaga? He asked. Can shook his head, "No, I didn't see her, but my wife did, about a week ago in town at the festival." He said, watching out the door as Sanem sat in her chair on the beach. " Mr. Divit, the doctor that falsified the records for your mother has given us a detailed report of all the events that led up to and following the accident of Mr. Yigit Ersoy, it seems this was a well thought out plan and it was carried out almost flawlessly. So we have been looking for Ms. Huma Edamare, for quite some time. If you see her again, don't hesitate to contact me, but I will be on my way to Malaga first thing in the morning." The investigator assured him.  Can thanked him as grabbed a blanket from the chair, and went to the beach. Can put he blanket around her and sat down on the ground, " Babe, the investigator from Turkey will be here tomorrow, if you don't want to stay here, then we'll go to a hotel." He said, rubbing her hand. She smiled, " No, I will stay here, I'm tired of running from her, this is my home, not hers." She said defiantly. " Ok, then let's go clean up." He said. They cleaned all night, putting back together what they could, but most of their pictures were destroyed. The next morning Can called Miguel to let him know what had happened. " Mr. Can I was at your house on Thursday afternoon, and saw that you were gone on your boat, everything was as it should be when I was there." He explained. " We had just left on that morning, did you tell anyone that we were gone on the boat? Can asked. Miguel hesitated, " No one but Mr. Mateo, he's the one that sent me to your home, so I reported back to him." You don't think he would know who did it, do you? " Miguel replied. " No." said Can, it must just be a coincidence." He exclaimed, trying to make sense of it. 

He gave Miguel the memory card with all their pictures on it, " I want you to print out new pictures for us, the person destroyed all the ones we had, so make sure our wedding picture is done in a black and white. That's the way she wanted it." He spoke, feeling his heart break for having to do this. " Sanem is asleep and I would like for you to get back with them before she wakes up." Can slid into their bed next to her, he needed to feel her body next to his, the warmth that flowed from her and her smell that surrounded him was all he wanted now. She was the only one to calm these fears that Huma had buried inside him so many years ago. His phone ringing made him jump from the bed to answer it before it woke Sanem. The investigator was calling Can telling him he had arrived in Malaga and was checking into the hotel, " We have a good lead on where she is, so we will go to her hotel and I will let you know."  He replied. " Thank you, I will wait for your call, could I ask who gave you the lead on what hotel she was staying in?" Can asked. 

" Yes, I'm sorry to tell you, but it was Emre Divit,......your brother

" Emre, he knew where she was, that can't be....