𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 | 𝐒.𝐌

Chapter 40

Kevin - Als Ik Je Niet Zie (ft. Yade Lauren), Young T & Bugsey - Don't Rush (ft. Naïka) Remix

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I'm looking at Ibrahim, putting a scarf around Beth's hair to keep her safe from the sand. She laughs as Ibrahim says something funny in Arabic I can't understand. It annoys me so much, why is she laughing? He wraps the scarf around her neck and tucks it in the back of the jumpsuit she's wearing.

The camel sitting on the ground next to me makes a disturbing sound. It sounds like he's disapproving my thoughts.

'I know I need to stop thinking like that.' I whisper, talking back as if we are really having a conversation.

I see Brian running to Beth with his phone in his hand. He has the same scarf around his head, but then blue and he wraps his arm around Beth's neck when Ibrahim is done with her. She lifts her hand in the air and I see her eyes twinkle when they take a picture together.

'White or blue?' Ibrahim asks while holding two scarfs in his hands.

'Uhm.' I look at Beth. 'White please.'

Why did she choose white? Her favourite colour is blue, like mine. I would've chosen blue if I were her, but since she chose white, I chose white.

I look at her outfit. She is wearing a green jumpsuit... oooh... now I get it. If she would've chosen blue, the two colours would have clashed.

'All set.' Ibrahim says when he's done.

I pull my phone out of my pocket and look at myself. I look kind of cool.

I see Beth walking to me and she wraps her arms around my waist. All the conspiracy theories and stress disappears when she touches me. This woman will never know what kind of power she has over me.

'Liz! Do you want to be in the front?' Ibrahim yells.

'No!' She yells back without letting me go.

We're standing in the desert next to the hotel. Four camels are sitting on the ground, chewing on nothing. It looks kind of funny and I chuckle. Suddenly the sun disappears and we all stare at the sky in shock, even Ibrahim. The sun has been shining non-stop the moment we arrived and now it disappears.

'Wren! You go to the front! Then Shawn and Elizabeth.' He points at the two camels. 'And last but not least, Brian!' Ibrahim yells.

A couple of other employees from the hotel walk towards us and help every single one of us get on the camel. I wait until Beth sits on hers and then I climb onto mine.

'Hold on.' The man says when he taps on the camel's leg.

It stands up and I swing back and forth before it's finally standing on all four legs. All the camels are tied to each other with one rope leading to the camel at the front. One of the employees is holding the string in his hand and waits until every camel is standing.

'Have fun!' Ibrahim waves from the side.

He's not coming...?

Yes!

I am so pathetic. If Beth didn't want to be my girlfriend, she wouldn't be my fucking girlfriend and unfortunately for her, she is.

Elizabeth's POV

The man called Sammy - one of the employees of the hotel - is holding the rope and starts walking when we are all seated on a camel. I feel a lot of wind hitting me from the right, now I understand where the scarf is for. I feel the grains of sand hitting the scarf and somehow I enjoy the sound of it.