Warm air rises and cold air rushes in underneath to replace it. My face reddened in anger and frustration, tears streaming down to face. I clenched my fists, still standing in the same position, my heartbeat got increased as my eyes looked down in shock.
"What did you say?" I whispered, I looked up at him, still crying, hoping for him to tell me that he is wrong
"What did you say?" I asked again; my voice sounding low and calm.
"What did you say Rayan." I held his shirt collar, "Repeat what you said" I yelled
He wasn’t able to look me in the eyes, his face showed nothing but pity, and he pitted me. "Where is Khalil Rayan? Where is he? Tell me where he is." I yelled
"I’m sorry." He mumbled
I shook my head "No, no. You aren’t sorry, you didn’t do anything wrong did you?" I sniffed walking backward "Khalil is fine, I know he is, there isn’t anything wrong with him. He is fine, right Rayan?" I asked as tears streamed down my cheek "Right Rayan" I walked towards me "Tell me Khalil is me, tell me you are mistaken. Please tell me Khalil is fine." I whimpered
"I’m sorry Afraah." He whispered
I gulped, looking in between Abu and Rayan. I pushed Rayan aside and entered the house "Khalil! Khalil where are you." I called out
"Please come out, I don’t like this kind of play, it’s not funny anymore. Khalil! Khalil." I fell to the ground and let out a scream
"Khalil, where are you?" I cried out
I stood up and walked towards the hallway "Khalil, where are you? Please come to me, I’m tired of playing this game, not anymore please come out, we have to go home" I whimpered
"Khalil, you won’t believe what the doctor told me. I was so happy when he showed me your report." I whimpered
Once I reached a room, I opened the door and saw a little boy lying on the boy, he looks almost the age Khalil. I was about to walk towards him when I felt a hand on my arm, I turned around and saw Abu
"Where do you think you are going?" He said
"Let go of my hand." I took his off of my hand and glared at him "What did you do to Khalil? Where is he?" I asked
"Didn’t you hear what we said, your brother is dead so accept that face and stop acting like a psycho"
The only word that filled my ear is the word ‘dead’. "Where is Khalil?" I looked into his eyes
"Are you deaf? I already told you that your so-called cancer patient…Oh, I forgot he isn’t a cancer patient but anyways it changes nothing because he is dead so get that in your empty brain."
I heard each word he said but I’m not ready to believe it, I can never accept that Khalil is dead, he can’t be dead, he isn’t dead.
"Where is Khalil?" I whispered
"I don’t have time for this." He grabbed my hand and dragged me to the living room
"Let go of me! Let me go!" I cried out but that didn’t stop him from throwing me to the floor
"Your brother is dead and we are sorry about it." He said
"No, no, no." I whimpered as I shook my head. Khalil can’t be dead, the doctor said his disease isn’t a deadly disease, he can’t be dead.
"Please" I folded my hands "I’m sorry if I have upset you in a way but please just tell me where Khalil is, please." I sobbed
Abu rolled his eyes and crossed his arms "Are you deaf? I told you that he is dead, he is dead." He walked toward me and knelt "Your brother is dead so get that in your head and stop acting all sad about it."
I can’t believe he’s confidently telling me that Khalil is dead, without any sign of sympathy in his voice or his face. He is inhuman
"What happened to him, what did you do to him." I yelled while standing up "What did you do to Khalil, what did you do?"
"Oh lord, I have heard enough of your nonsense and yelling." He grabbed my hand and walked toward the doorway
I tried to let go of his grip but he is a lot stronger than me "Let go of me." I whimpered
Once he reached the door, he threw me out like a garbage
"Stay out." He pointed
I looked at Rayan who was standing a few steps away from me, I walked in his direction "Where is Khalil? What did you do to him?" I asked; my voice extremely low and soft
I will never be in believe that Khalil is dead, never will that be a part of me. Khalil is my heart and soul, if he’s gone then I’m gone too.
"Where is he Rayan, what did you do to him?" I asked again
"I’m sorry, Afraah, I’m sorry." He whispered
I held his shirt collar "Look at me when I’m talking to you." I said but his face was still facing the ground "What happened to Khalil? Where is he? Where is he?" I yelled
"Afraah." He whispered taking my hand off his shirt collar "Khalil is no more, you won’t see him again."
I took a step backward, almost making me lose my balance, Rayan was about to help me when I raised a hand at him "Don’t, just don’t" I yelled while wiping my tears "Don’t you dare touch me, you did something to Khalil, didn’t you." I yelled
"Afraah"
"Yes or no, just tell me one thing, yes or no." I whimpered
"Afraah, I’m_"
"Yes or no Rayan." I cut him off
He shook his head "Yes"
I fell to the ground and screamed "Khalil, where are you?" I whimpered
"Afraah" Rayan walked closer to me
"Don’t, I already told you not to touch me so don’t even try that."
"I just want to help you_" He muttered a bit audible
"Help? You want to help me Rayan?" I pointed at myself "You didn’t help Khalil, did you? Did you!" I yelled
"Afraah"
"Don’t call my name Rayan, you have no right." I stood up and walked towards him "What did you do to Khalil? What happened to him?" I asked
"Afraah." He sighed
"I’m so sick of this drama, Rayan let’s get inside, it’s about to rain." Abu walked in our direction
"Khalil" I whimpered, I looked at Rayan, I have no words for him, he took Khalil away from me. But why? Why did he do that?
"Rayan let’s go," Abu said
I wiped my tears "No one is going anywhere, not until you tell me what happened to Khalil." I whined
"Khalil? We already told you that he is dead, what else do you want to know?" He furrowed
"What did you do to him?" I asked
Abu let out a breath "You see Afraah, we have a small boy who we love so much, just like you love Khalil we love him too. He was diagnosed with rare heart disease." Abu said as he turned around and looked at Rayan "What is the name of the disease again?" He asked
"Abu please, go inside," Rayan said
"No I can’t go inside, I have to tell her everything, after all, she has the right to know what understand what she did to her brother."
"What I did do?" I looked in between them
"Yes, so after he got diagnosed with the disease, we looked for donors but couldn’t find one, long story short, we found out about your brother and_"
"Abu." Rayan cut him off
"Relax, I’m sure she will understand." He let out a breath "My son Rayan says that he can do anything for Sami but today I believe him, he is a brother everyone will dream of. So I came up with this idea for Rayan to make you sign the contract which says that we have all right to you know_"
"Abu please." Rayan cut him off
"Right to do what?" I shrieked
"Do give Sami Khalil’s heart." He smiled
I lost balance and fell to the ground, I silently cried "No, no, I’m not going to agree with you, you are a liar. I didn’t sign anything contract." I whimpered as I recalled the lies and times Rayan told me to sign the contract.
"You killed Khalil, you killed Khalil!" I yelled
"We didn’t do anything, it’s basically business, you gave us that right and in return, we pay you a certain amount of money. Talking about the money, I just remembered something." He pulled out his phone "Do you want cash or a transfer?" He asked
"You are inhuman, brutal, cruel, you are a monster." I spitted
"I’m sorry Afraah, I’m really sorry" Rayan said
"I hate you. I hate all of you." I cried out
I can’t believe the person I fell for, took the life of my brother. He made me think that he wants my heart but he wants the heart of my brother. He did so many things to put a smile on my face but it was all a lie, he never wanted me, he only wants the heart and he got what he wanted. Noor was right, he is using me, just like she said, he will throw me to the ground and look where I am, I’m on the ground. He cares about no one but himself, he is inhuman, I can’t believe I fell for him.
"Here is your money." Abu threw a bag of cash at me.
How inhuman is he? Despite everything he did, he feels like it’s okay, he has no shame and he thinks his filthy money is going to cover up for what he did. But thinking about it makes me feel like I’m the murderer, if I didn’t sign that contract, Khalil will be fine. He will be okay, nothing would have happened to me.
"Afraah, please leave. It’s getting very late." Abu said
Just when everything turned out to be fine, this happened. I looked at Rayan with full shock as he lowered his gaze, and I stood up and slapped him.
"This is for everything you did." I slapped him again
No matter how I slap him or hit him, it will never change the fact that Khalil is gone.
Not only did he play with my emotions but he made me the reason behind Khalil's death.
I turned around and was about to leave when Abu spoke
"Take your money with you." He said
I didn’t turn back to see his disgusting face, as I continued walking
"It’s okay, we will get the money to your house." He said
I felt like shutting the hole of his mouth but that won’t change anything, they made me a murderer, they made me the reason behind Khalil’s death.
Once I left the house, I walked around the city, I have nowhere to go, I can’t go home, that place isn’t even home to me and after what happened to Khalil, I don’t think I can face anyone right now, I have so words in me to make a sentence. Walking around, people were staring at me, some were whispering while others were basically pointing at me.
The weather began to change as the rain began to drop bit by bit. I found a spot at a random park and sat, I lean my back on the bench as I silently whimpered. I sniffed watching different people pass by, some were with puppies, some with dates, and others with children. It hurts me when I look at the children, they reminded me of Khalil. I must have looked beyond creepy but I really don’t care. On the outside, most people looked happy or at least content. It made me wonder if I’m the only one going through a hard time.
Maybe this is what I get for trusting a man I barely know. Tears continued to stream down to my chin. I wish I have never met him before.