The Last Look

Awad was surprised by the presence of Mr. Aziz in his car, but his curiosity was much more, which motivates Mr. Aziz! So Awad sat down to listen to Mr. Aziz's justification

Mr. Aziz, "I am sorry, that I broke into your car like this"

Awad, "Don't say that, sir, but why all this? And why did you warn me about Mr. Nader?"

Mr. Aziz, "I can't tell you much, Tomorrow I will leave for the States, and not come back"

Awad, "Why all this, sir?!"

Mr. Aziz, "Listen, leave this company, and your stay in it could destroy you"

Awad, "Sir, you did not speak in riddles, so tell me the truth"

Mr. Aziz, "I don't have any time to explain to you later, as I told you to leave the company, and stay away from that bastard"

Awad, "Who do you mean?"

Mr. Aziz, "Nader, he took all my money and is now threatening the life of the one I love. I don't want anything, so I will go back to the States to spend the rest of my life there."

Awad, "But I can't do that right now"

Mr. Aziz, "why you're saying that?"

Awad tells everything that happened between him and Nader, and about the copies of the documents that he wanted

Mr. Aziz, "This will not work. You and your family must travel with me so that we can settle this matter"

Awad, "What do you mean, sir? Travel! Why? What that does to me and my family!"

Mr. Aziz, "listen to me well. Awad Nader is not only a greedy person, but he is a murderer. You must save yourself from him. The papers you submitted to him are the only evidence of his conviction for years of stealing from me when he was the financial manager, so he will never leave you, so call your family and ask them to prepare themselves for travel Quickly I will put you in a safe place until this crisis is over."

Awad talking to himself, "Mr. Aziz seems to be in a state of great panic. Is Mr. Nader that bad, and why am I gambling with all my family because of Mr. Aziz's feelings, or is Mr. Nader that ugliness? What should I do?! The best thing is to bring the papers from my home, and give them to Mr. Aziz"

Awad, "OK, Mr. Aziz I understand what you want to say, I will bring the papers for you, and I will protect my family well, don't worry"

Mr. Aziz, "why can't you understand me? Your family is a great danger"

Awad, "don't worry, I will leave the company as you said, and I will go to an old friend of mine"

Mr. Aziz seemed to be more relief

Awad rushed home and told his wife that their lives were in danger and that they should prepare themselves. Sara did not ask much. It seemed as if she was sensing it. He told her that he would go to Mr. Aziz quickly, give him something, and they would travel to the countryside to their old friend to stay with him because in himself he did not want to stay with Mr. Aziz.

Awad felt his fault, and that if he had listened to his wife from the start, none of this would have happened.

Awad reached Mr. Aziz, and gave him the bag, and told him that he would not go with him anywhere. While he was talking to him, Awad's phone rang. The caller's identity was Sara, he thought that she wants to make him hurry. Awad answered quickly on the phone, but it was not his wife who was calling, but rather that was Nader, telling him that if he did not bring the papers immediately. He will kill his family. At this moment, he confirmed every word that Mr. Aziz told him and remembered his saying that Nader was a murderer, so without thinking Awad took the papers from Mr. Aziz without any thought and rode his car in a hurry to the place that Nader had specified. Mr. Aziz tried to call him more than once, but he did not answer those calls. The night was very black. His heartbeat is more than the acceleration of the wheels of his car. The tape of his life passes before his eyes. He only found the meanings of love, safety, and warmth in his small family. Will he be a reason to destroy this family?! Awad arrived at the agreed-upon place and found Nader standing far away on the cliff, and with him, some of his men approached them until he reached Nader.

Nader laughed, "Oh, I didn't think you'd come so fast. Your family must be the most precious thing to you. "

Awad, "I brought what you wanted. Where is my family now?!"

Nader, "Don't be in a hurry, some things aren't finished yet"

Awad, "I don't understand, I brought you what you asked, what do you want from me now?"

Nader, "How do I ensure that you do not keep other copies of documents?"

Awad, "What! I don't keep other copies!"

Nader, "I want you to guarantee that till I release your family"

Awad, "What kind of guarantee do you want?!"

Nader, "Well, I want you to write me a confession," that you stole materials from the store

Awad, "Why! I did not do any of that?!"

Nader, "I know how loyal, and honorable you are, but I want a guarantee so that I can be sure that no papers will appear in the future. Umm, you do not love your family enough…." Awad interrupted him.

"I will sign for you, what you want"

Nader's assistant brought a piece of paper and gave it to Awad to sign, and he signed it without looking

Nader, "I put your family in your car, I'm an honest man, I respect my word"

Awad quickly ran to his car and found his wife and children gagged inside, screaming, but there was no time to unwind them.

Awad told them he'd get them out of here first before. This moron could do anything, Awad started the car and ran to get his family to safety.

Nader, "Ha-ha, I don't know why people don't wait for me to finish my words. I am indeed a man who respects his word, but you Mr. Awad pose a danger to me, I can never allow for a mistake again. So I am very sorry to tell you that, but I dismantled your car brakes so that you can always live with your family in happiness and contentment. I know very well how important family is.

And he ended his speech with loud laughter, you can feel well that it comes from a demon, not a human being.

When Awad moved away from Nader and felt some safe, he undid Sara's muzzle, when did that she screamed, and told him the brakes, at that moment a large oil stain appeared on the slope and the car wheels slipped on it, so he compensated for any possible way to control the brakes, and it seems that She wanted to warn him from the beginning, but all he wanted to do was escape from that demon. The car skidded off the cliff for a few moments, but it will be imprinted on Awad's imagination for life. The screams of children, Dad, Dad, save us. Looks of fear and panic. Awad tries to do anything, but it doesn't help. The car rolls off the cliff. One coup turns and settles in the sea. Why were Awad's face and body covered in blood? He could no longer hear any voices....the place was calm. Water entered from everywhere. Awad crawled back, inspecting his children. Aseel, "are you okay?! Why don't you talk, Malak, get up? I will allow you to join the summer camp. Karim, I will buy you a new ball. Not only that, but I will take you all to the Nile again." Awad shouted with strength, "My sons". Awad heard moans coming towards them, it was Karim who approached him, but the only thing that he could hear was "I love you, dad". Then Karim's soul overflowed.

Awad was stiff in his place, unable to move. All he could do was one last look. He saw his children while they were in that condition. His mind didn't want to comprehend any of that. At that moment, Sara's eyes met him, and she looked at him. It wasn't a look of fear or sadness, or even blame. It was a look that telling him not to grieve. We will meet again in our next life. Awad wanted to look at her for a long time, but his eyes started closing little by little until they closed completely.

That laughter, those hopes, and those days were submerged under the water, as Awad and his family were submerged. Did he know that the seawater would swallow up this happy family?

In the end, like every story, a beginning became an end and an end became a beginning