Chapter 26

The next morning, inside the cabin of the car in which I was sleeping, Adham woke me up laughing and saying:

“What, have you drowned in a sea of dreams or haven’t slept for months? Come on, girl, wake up. We have business.”

I told him, opening my eyes lazily, “I want to sleep a little.”

Zakaria said, “We don’t have time. Come on, I will arrange a place for you to sleep at the table, and I will work alone.”

Adham said, “When the president asks about the money tally at the end of the day, what will you say?”

Zakaria said, “I will allocate a special amount for her from my own money. Look at her, Adham, she is very small.”

I got up and went out through the glass window, then went down with them, and as Adham did yesterday, he did again. He held my hand and started running so that I would not get lost from them, and as soon as we reached the road, we separated Zakaria held my hand and then said:

“Let’s sneak in and get on the back of a truck or s