الأمان Stories

فتاةٌ تتخلص من علاقتها السامة بخطيبها ظلام فتجد الأُنس مع جارها مؤنس الذي أضحى زوجها في نهاية القصة.

Life moved along quietly without luxury, but with enough Father was a simple worker in a state owned cement factory He would leave in the morning, return in the evening, place his wage in my mother's hand, and she would run a small home where we were three children and laughter filled the corners There was no reason to complain bread was on the table, clothes covered our backs, and life, despite its simplicity, was warm. Then came the blow soft at first, but loud in its consequences The factory announced to the workers "From now on, you'll work for six months without pay. The state is in crisis. Wages will come later." Days passed. Then weeks The fridge held nothing but water The vegetable crate was empty Hunger was present We, the children, cried Mother collapsed Father was silent In his chest, a fire burned He refused to steal like some of his coworkers, refused to feed us from anything unlawful One day, he looked up to the factory roof where pigeons' nests filled the corners And there, his new journey began He started hunting pigeons, cooking them, dividing them among us as if they were a feast. Days passed, until pigeon meat became unwelcome we had eaten it too often Mother silently sold her gold We lived off that gold, once father's wages had vanished Then Father resigned And that was the unofficial announcement that the last wall of security had collapsed "And if you truly wish to know how the real story unfolds... just say it- Continue."