Chapter 36

The man said, “Uncle Farouk sent me. He was just in the hospital when a car collided with him. Before he lost consciousness, he asked me to tell you something. Yes, he said that you should close the library and go to him in the hospital (...) because he wants to give you something.”

“Something, I don’t know what it is.”

Rima did not think much. Rather, she forgot that Zakaria was in the room behind her. She grabbed the keys and left the library door and tried to close it, but she saw Zakaria’s hand preventing the door from closing. Then he threw a piece of paper on the floor. Rima went down and grabbed it and found that it said:

“Leave the door and I will close.” Rima smiled.

Because she understood that Zakaria would follow her without that man’s knowledge, and this made her reassured. She left the key in the door and then got up and motioned to the man to move. Indeed, the man moved and pointed to a taxi and then got into the front seat. Rima followed him an