Chapter 27

They all set off, each person racing to his place. As for Zakaria, he said to me, “Wash the cups, then return to your work, and do not show the bag of money again. Grab this empty bag and put the new money in it.”

I nodded to him and quickly washed the cups in the bucket next to the table, then put them side by side inside the tray on the table again, then I went to stand there, but my clothes were wet. Zakaria saw me shivering and approached me until his nose was touching my nose and said.

“baby girl”

I told him definitely, while looking into his eyes, “I am not a child.”

Zakaria said with a smile, “Child, how did your clothes get wet?”

I said angrily, “I’m washing the cups.”

“Come behind me, little girl,” Zakaria said.

I told him while hitting the ground with my feet, “Don’t say, little girl.”

He went to the bottom of the bridge, behind the carton behind which the table was hidden, and took off his shirt and gave it to me. Then he tu