"Can you tell us how? Because we're running out of options." Erdem says."Yes, yes I can. You guys go out the back, there are only two men guarding the back door, take care of them. While I go out and stop my father, I will be your distraction.""Father, no, please don't leave me alone again.""Melek, though I don't want to admit it, Habbab has been hiding you so that no one will hurt you. And so, Habbab, I will entrust you with my daughter for the last time. Take Melek, away from here quickly.""Papa?" she asks between incredulous and frightened."He will only be the vehicle, my daughter, I am entrusting your life to Ala. If anything happens to you the Arslan will pay for it. Honey, I promised your mother, I swore I wouldn't let your grandfather kill you.""But I don't want to leave you, Dad. I want to go home, to Mom and Gul." His voice breaks and his eyes water. He hates me and it's more than obvious he doesn't want me by his side."Melek, please understand me, they are here now, t

(This part is narrated by Melek, but it is still Habbab's imagination).MelekFourth grade..." Why weren't you at school today?" Habbab asks as he walks in the door of my house."I have a cold." , I say and look away from him, trying to hide my embarrassment."You don't look sick." He closes the door and follows me as I go into the small living room."I'm fine now," I tell him, looking at the TV."So, it was like a six-hour cold? I don't understand.""Your mom is going to start yelling at you.""No, I told her I was going to visit you and bring you your homework." He puts my backpack on the couch and then sits down next to it."Mrs. Sahin said we have to read four chapters tonight and I thought we could do it together to make it less boring." He pulls out the copy of Bridge to Terabithia, issued by the school, and starts flipping through it."I'll read it later," I tell him as I get frustrated and walk back to the front door."Maybe you should go" He looks at me and his eyes narrow.

Desmond Garland I make a mental note to increase my physical labor. My feet hurt after a long day's work and that is simply unacceptable for a man as young as I am. I need to talk it over with my trainer and make sure we do the necessary exercises to strengthen my limbs. I plop down in the swivel chair behind my desk, then turn on my computer and check next month's projections. After that I can finally go home and take a strenuous bath. The numbers begin to flash before my eyes, making sense in my head. I make some notes and make sure to put in my diary that I need to communicate with Elena, one of the businesswomen I'm going to have to let go, due to the poor performance of her latest income. The intercom on my desk buzzes, letting me know that Andrea, my assistant, is trying to reach me. I look at the time and am surprised at how late it is. It is two o'clock in the morning and I find it strange that she is still in the building, I have to stress to her that she can leave when he

Melek"Come, Melek, let's go find a place where you can get cleaned up." Erdem says to me, as he tries to get me out of the car. We enter the hospital and he heads towards the reception where there is a woman who appears to be a nurse, behind a line of phones. "Excuse me, could you tell me where my friend can get cleaned?""Yes, sure, you can use the nurses' room, let me call one to take you." She makes a phone call and asks us to hold."Another thing, do you know where they took my brother, Habbab Arslan?"She types some things on her computer and then looks at Erdem, who also looks nervous and worried. The way he referred to Habbab... Her brother. Until now I had understood that they only had a working relationship, truth be told, this is the first time we have had a real conversation and I assumed he was just my husband's assistant, nothing more. I shouldn't be surprised, they have lied about everything, everything I know about Habbab, is a vile lie, and now he could die without me

Chapter 27MelekDilay waits for me outside the booth, watching out that no one sees me or on the lookout for my grandfather or another of his goons, finding his way to me. My cousin's phone rings once, twice, three times... I start to get nervous and kick the heel of my shoe. Finally someone answers."Hello?" It's Esat's voice and I think it's the first time I'm glad to hear it."Esat?""Melek? Cousin? Is that you?""Yes, Esat, yes, it's me, Melek.""Cousin, where are you, where are you calling me from?""From the Presbyterian hospital, I came with Habbab, someone shot him and I brought him here.""Melek? How come you saved the life of the man who ruined yours? Have you lost your mind?""Esat, that doesn't matter now, listen to me. Grandfather went after me, to kill me, and now he's coming again. I need you to come for me, to get me out of here and save me. Please, cousin, please.""Okay, I'll be there in thirty minutes, hide until I can get there, do you have a phone nearby?""No, I