...The Flower ...

Aaron set his eye on a flower motif that it seems familiar to him. He touched the flower while wondering. Dylan noticed his confused face:

- What's wrong Aaron? Is there something?

- I saw this flower motif before.

- You did? Where?

- I don't know, I can't remember where exactly, but I'm sure that I saw the same motif somewhere.

- It's alright, try to remember while we keep checking the rest of the walls.

After spending several hours checking all kinds of sculptures that exist inside of the mausoleum, Dylan noticed that the flower motif that Aaron saw before, existed in the main chamber where the fake graves were put. but there is none in the room beneath where the emperor and his wife were buried.

Dylan took out his notebook and write down the motifs and their positions in the room.

- As I see, there are four pieces that have the same flower motif. Each one existed on a separate wall.

Dylan noticed that above each symbol there was a window. The four windows were facing the minarets.

" This is interesting."

- Do you think that the fourth clue is related to that motif?

- Most likely.

Laila was so curious to know about the last clue, but she tried to act normal.

- Maybe the previous clue will help us. What was it?

Dylan closed his notebook while pretending not hearing her.

- Let's go, the Taj Mahal will soon close its doors

Rahul was listening to them without being able to understand a word:

- What are you saying? What clue are you talking about?

- It's nothing Rahul, we were just looking for that flower motif. It seems that it only was put beside the graves.

Rahul looked carefully at the motif then he shook his head:

- That's not true. It exists in other places.

- Really? We looked everywhere, but we didn't find any.

- Because the other motifs exist outside the mausoleum.

- Outside! Where?

- There are four other motifs, one in each minaret.

Dylan was surprised to hear such information:

- How can I miss that part, the minarets are part of the Taj Mahal. Let's go outside, we must see those motifs.

They headed towards one of the minarets.

- So, where is it?

Rahul pointed at the top of the minaret:

- It is there.

- On the top? Did you go there?

- Of course, not. No one is allowed to go up there.

- Then how did you know?

- I'm a big fan of the Taj Mahal. I was so curious about the way it was built hundreds of years ago so I read all the books that talk about its architecture and history. I remember there was something about that motif. It said that it only existed in the main chamber and on the top of the four minarets.

Suddenly Aaron screamed:

- I REMEMBER WHERE I SAW THAT MOTIF BEFORE.

- Where?

- I saw it in my grandmother's portrait. She was wearing a necklace that have that same motif. Could it be just a coincidence?

Dylan became confused:

- A portrait? We don't have such a thing in our land. Besides, I visited your house several times, yet I have never seen any kind of painting.

- Yeah, my father hid it carefully. He said that the painting was made by human hands, that's why it must be kept in a safe place.

- Alan did? This is strange.....We will discuss this matter further later, but for now, how do we get up there?

Rahul showed to them a small door on the bottom of the minaret:

- There are hidden stairs inside the minaret. We can use them to reach the top, but we must do it in secrecy.

- Let's leave for now. We will come back at night when no one is around.

Aaron gave Rahul money for his services, then he went back to the hotel along with the rest.

Laila knew that Dylan will try to solve the mystery of those motifs using the previous clue, but she couldn't just break into their rooms.

- Sarra! Shouldn't we join the boys to resolve the enigma?

- Annie is very tired, we must make her sleep so we can go back at midnight to check the minarets.

Laila felt that Sarra was trying to keep her away. All of them were suspicious of her.

" This is not good, they are drifting me away. what should I do? I must know, at any cost, what they are hiding from me so we can finish the mission, or everything I did will go in vain. "

On the other hand, Dylan and Aaron were checking the information that they gather.

- I think we are getting close to solving this enigma.

- Dylan, are you still not going to tell me what the mummy said when it woke up?

Dylan took his notebook out:

- I will tell you, but keep it a secret even from Sarra.

- Alright, I get it.

- Listen carefully...