Chapter 29

After Manar read what had been written on that paper, she found another small piece of paper stuck to the same paper that she had read, and when she opened it, she found the name of a restaurant and an appointment that had been booked for the evening at ten o’clock. I told the officer what was written on that small paper, and he said:

“That’s good. Now let’s go back to the store for your sister Iman, and in the evening I will take you to that restaurant.”

Uncle Saeed set off in his car until he reached the door of the warehouse and found that the workers had stopped working. Uncle Majed, the chief worker, was also present on the stairs leading to the second floor, shouting as loudly as he could.

“Calm down, Iman. Your sister Manar went to the nursing home and has not returned yet. Wait a little. I will go down and get one of the workers to help you go downstairs.”

Manar, who had started climbing the stairs, shouted, “I’m coming, Iman. Wait, don’t scream like