chapter 86

INAYA -

There's an old saying in my hometown that goes, "Ida tlem e- , rah tseb ennu" which literally means, "if clouds gather, the rain will fall."

These of course aren't the smartest words that were passed from one generation to the following, nor the most original, nor even creative to begin with. It's just another way of saying, "if reasons accumulate, a problem must happen."

I found this saying quite suitable for the situation at the villa during Ines's and Akrem's indefinite stay. The be precise, rain fell and thunder roared in the calm place the evening of the 6th day of their stay, right after we came back from Ines's recovery party.

You see, those guests the guards sent back from the gates indeed went to show their displeasure at my mother-in-law's villa and expressed their wishes of attending the party she was supposedly going to hold to celebrate Ines's "survival".

Since she had no other option, that old lady who always cared for her reputation decided to go along with Hamz