8

"Where is Suha Ibrahim?"

The teacher pointed out, "This is Suha."

"Sorry, we need her in the administration."

The teacher said, "Go ahead, Suha."

Suha got up and left with the administrator, "What's the matter, ma'am?"

"Come down to the medical unit and you'll find out."

Suha went down with the administrator to the room, entered, and saw Joud lying on the bed. She rushed to her and held her hand, "Joudy."

Joud opened her eyes and looked at her, "Suha."

The administrator said, "Your sister fainted during the class, and her blood sugar is low."

Suha looked at Joud and then at the administrator, "Low, but Joudy doesn't have diabetes."

The administrator said, "It's not necessary to have diabetes for the sugar to drop, but this isn't the first time she's fainted in class, and every time her sugar is low, which means you must follow up on her condition. She definitely has hypoglycemia."

Suha said, "God protect you."

The administrator said, "Now call your family so they can come and take her."

Joud said, "There's no need, ma'am, there are only two periods left and I haven't finished my test. I want to complete it."

The administrator said, "You won't be able to concentrate on the solution, and you need to rest and eat well. The juice you drank won't help you."

Joud said, "Okay, ma'am, but there are only two periods left and then we'll go home. There's no need for my mom to worry now and trouble herself."

The administrator said, "And if something happens to you here, what are we going to tell your family?"

Joud said, "Nothing will happen and my sister Suha will stay with me until dismissal."

They heard the bell for the sixth period.

Joud said, "See, ma'am, you heard it, there's only one period left."

The administrator said, "As you wish, but we are not responsible for anything that happens. You, her older sister, will bear the full responsibility."

Suha felt a knot in her stomach when she heard those words. If something happened to Joud and their father knew that she went with Joud against her own interest, he would be furious. It was enough that she had helped Wad and kept it a secret from them.

Joud said, "Okay, ma'am, there's no problem."

The administrator was about to leave, "Make sure she finishes the juice, she barely drank any of it."

Suha nodded in agreement, waited for the administrator to leave, and sat next to Joud, "Why don't you want Auntie to come and take you?"

Joud said, "I don't want her to worry about me. You know how mom gets anxious, but you don't tell anyone."

Suha said, "I can't, Joud, dad will kill me. You know what he did because I kept the secret about the man following Waad. He threatened me that if I kept anything from him, he would kill me."

Joud said, "Waad is different, and I am different. There's really no comparison between the two situations."

Suha was on the verge of tears, "Please don't put me in a difficult position with dad, I really can't."

Joud said, "You don't tell anyone. I will tell them at the right time. They are currently busy with the man following Waad, but once they are done with that matter, it will be fine."

Suha asked, "Are you really going to tell them?"

Joud replied, "Yes, of course."

…

"Good evening."

"Good evening."

Waad sat next to Suha: "Strange, I didn't expect you to come down after what happened today."

Waad: "I saw that people didn't care about me and honestly, I felt sorry for myself. Why should I lock myself?"

Noha: "Well done, Waad. Vent out whenever you need to; we are all ears."

Suha whispers to her: "You seem relaxed, and it's the first time you argue and then come sit with us. Especially after what happened today, I didn't expect you to come down for a month."

Waad: "Because you don't know what I've done."

Suha: "What?"

Waad: "I took advantage of what happened at dawn to my benefit and got my wish not to go to the institute."

Suha: "It's just a few days, and everything will be back to normal. Saud and Assaf are working by all means to get him back to prison."

Waad: "I won't go because I got expelled."

Suha: "What's wrong with you? This is not a dismissal, just an absence."

Waad hits her on the head: "Open your mind a bit, what's wrong with you?"

Saud: "What's up, are you planning a new trouble?"

Waad: "Troubles come to us on their own, no need to plan for them."

Noha: "Waad, it seems like you're happy to be idle again."

Waad: "Yes, I am happy." She turns to Suha: "What's wrong with you, you seem to be shivering, do you have a fever?"

Suha: "No."

Waad: "Then what's wrong?"

Suha nervously: "Nothing."

Nawal: "Maybe it's an internal fever."

Suha: "No, mom, I'm fine."

Yasser: "Seriously, since you sat down you've been shivering, why, what's wrong?"

Suha: "What's wrong with you all, I'm fine."

Ibrahim: "Then where is Joud?"

Rahma: "Since she came, she's been sleeping. I even woke her up to pray, and she didn't get up; she's in a deep sleep."

The word stuck in her ear, "She didn't get up, could she have fainted again and no one knew?" She quickly got up and ran upstairs in a way that caught everyone's attention.

Nawal: "What's wrong with her?"

Khaled: "I'll go check on her."

She entered Joud's room and sat next to her: "Joudi, Joudi."

Joud opens one eye and closes the other: "Huh."

Suha: "You scared me."

Joud: "What are you afraid of."

Suha: "I was afraid you'd faint again."

Khaled: "What's wrong, Suha?"

Suha, with tears in her eyes: "Nothing."

Khaled: "And your sudden departure from us, as if you were stung or something!"

Suha left Joud's room: "Yes, nothing." She entered her room and locked the door.

Khaled looked at Joud: "What was wrong with her?"

Joud getting up from her bed: "I don't know, she didn't get a chance to tell me anything, you entered directly."

Khaled went downstairs.

Nawal: "What's wrong with her?"

Khaled: "I don't know, the problem is she's about to cry and says nothing's wrong."

Mishal: "There might be something new hidden from us again."

Ibrahim looked directly at Waad: "Is there something, Waad?"

Waad: "Don't worry, if there was something, I won't hide it from you, I'm not wasting my life."

Nawal: "What's happening to you, you're not the daughter I know."

Waad, putting her legs on the couch: "You were expecting me to be upset, but a person only gets upset if they are sure someone will appease them, and I'm sure no one will appease me, so why should I upset myself and trouble my psyche."

Joud: "Good evening."

"Good evening."

She greeted her father, mother, and aunts and sat next to Waad: "Well done, my sister, we learn from you."

Waad: "Hello, hello, welcome."

Joud puts her head on Waad's shoulder: "It seems I waited for you to pour your heart out to me."

Waad: "You have a talent for knowing what I'm going to say before I say it and you apply it."

Joud: "Nice, it's the first time someone compliments me."

Waad: "Aren't we going to have dinner? I want to order food."

Noha: "It's still early for dinner."

Joud: "Let's order."

Waad: "Let's, I want from Albaik"

Joud: "Ok, but on your account."

Waad: "Fine, call and order."

Joud: "Who wants on Waad's account?"

Waad: "No, no, no, I can only afford my meal and yours, anything else they should pay for their meals."

Fares: "I want, Waad, please, I don't have money."

Waad: "You made me sad, order him a kid's meal."

Fares: "I'm not a child." He jumps to his father: "Dad, give me money."

Ibrahim: "You command, order for him whatever he wants with you."

Joud: "I want it spicy, and you?"

Waad: "Definitely not, I want something regular, and Fares wants it regular too."

Joud: "Does anyone else want to order?"

"..."

Joud is tapping on her phone and starts to order.

Saud: "Miyar."

Miyar: "Yes?"

Saud: "You didn't finish telling me the story this morning."

Miyar: "Which story?"

Saud: "Why is Waad's life a struggle?"

Waad glances at Saud: "I'm not answering you."

Miyar: "Because you're always picking on her."

Saud: "What?!"

Miyar: "It's true, since I came, I've noticed that you're always on her case about everything."

Waad: "There you go, the truth comes out. I'm relieved that you're the reason behind all the fights."

Saud: "Looks like I'll have to add you to the list, Miyar, and you want me to teach you what real annoyance is."

Waad: "My dear, I'm his half-sister from his father and he's already driving me crazy, imagine what he would do to you, his sister. God help you with him."

Khaled, seeing Joud returned: "Why don't you go see what's wrong with Suha, she was with you and it seemed like she needed you for something."

Joud sits down: "I'm not in the mood. I'll see her later."

Nada stands up: "I'll see her," and she left.

Rahma: "My dear, Joud, what's wrong with you? Your face is still pale since the morning, and you didn't have lunch with us."

Joud: "I ate at school during the last period, I didn't feel like having lunch, and besides, I'm going to have dinner with Waad later."

Nada came back: "She closed the door!"

Nawal: "I hope nothing happened to her at school today."

Before she finished speaking, Suha came down wiping her tears and stood near the couch where her father was sitting.

Joud whispers: "Looks like she's going to spill the beans."

Waad: "What beans?"

Nawal stood up to her: "What's wrong, my dear? What's the matter?"

Suha looked at Joud and started crying. She didn't want to upset her or have her father punish her, so she was caught between two fires.

Her mother hugged her: "Suha, what's wrong? Did something happen to you at school today?"

Suha shook her head no.

Khaled: "Then what's wrong with you? You're not yourself."

Suha: "Joud will tell you."

Everyone turned to Joud, who was sitting calmly: "What should I tell them? I have nothing to say."

Suha: "Dad, it's not my fault if your daughters told me something. Don't blame me if I didn't say it. If you're going to punish, punish them, not me. I'm not to blame."

Ibrahim: "What's the story?"

Suha: "She will tell you, it's not my business."

Ibrahim: "What's wrong, Joud?"

Joud: "Nothing, Dad."

Ibrahim: "Joud, my nerves are shot because of what's happening to the one next to you. Tell me what's wrong."

Joud: "I just felt dizzy at school today, that's all that happened. It's not a big deal."

Rahma: "God protect you, my dear. Why did you feel dizzy?"

Joud: "Just because I didn't have breakfast."

Suha: "Because her sugar was low."

Joud, frustrated: "Did you have to say that? I told you I would tell them, but not now."

Suha: "It's not my fault. Tomorrow I'll be the one punished if Dad finds out by chance."

Rahma got up and sat next to her: "Low sugar?"

Ahmad: "Do you have diabetes?"

Joud: "No, I don't. Just because it dropped once doesn't mean I have it."

Rahma: "I wasn't feeling at ease since the morning; your face was yellow."

Mona: "You should take better care of your health, Joud."

Ibrahim stood next to Suha: "Is there anything else, Suha?"

She hesitated to say yes or no: "It's not the first time she's felt dizzy at school, and the teacher said every time it's because her sugar is low."

Saud: "And why didn't you tell us? What's the school for if they don't call us? They're only good at filling out those papers at the beginning of the semester with phone numbers and whatnot, just to shove them in their drawers and burn them at the end of the semester."

Suha: "I swear I didn't know. I only found out today, but this time they called me when she felt dizzy and told me to call her family to take her, but Joud refused."

Rahma: "Why, my dear? You should have let me come and take you to rest here."

Joud rested her head on her mother's chest: "There were only two periods left until dismissal; it wasn't necessary."

Ibrahim: "And why didn't you tell us before?"

Ahmad: "Don't you know that low sugar can be dangerous for you? It could put you in a coma."

Joud: "Ahmad, please, you're a doctor at the hospital, not at home. I don't want anyone to make me feel sick. I don't like that feeling. Besides, it's just a sugar drop. I mean, I just need to eat something sweet or drink juice, and it will be back to normal."

Ahmad: "Dana, bring my mother's glucose meter."

Dana: "Okay." And she got up.

Ibrahim: "Why don't you want to take care of your health?

Joud: "Dad, I don't want anyone nagging over my head, telling me to eat, do this, fix that."

Waad: "I understand your excuse; it's a feeling that kills."

Ibrahim: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say a word."

Dana: "Here you go, Ahmad."

Ahmad took it from her and reached out to Joud: "Give me your hand."

She extended her hand: "Don't hurt me."

Ahmad: "I'm not going to hurt you."

Saud: "I don't understand why you hide these things from us. What would happen if you told us you felt dizzy at school? We would have taken you to the hospital to make sure you're okay."

Joud: "You see the last part of your sentence? That's what makes me not want to say anything. I'm not the first person to have a sugar drop; it's normal."

Ahmad: "But we should have known. You should know that you might experience times when you feel general weakness throughout your body because you don't have the energy to do anything, or you might feel dizzy, or your vision might get blurry, or you might have a headache or increased irritability, and we need to be aware of your condition to deal with you properly."

Rahma: "So, how's her sugar?"

Ahmad: "It's low, Mom... 60…" He took a piece of candy from the plate behind him: "Here, eat this."

Joud took it from him: "Thank you... Hold on, the order has arrived."

Mishal took the phone from her: "I will bring the order."

Waad:" Thank you so much, then I guess you will pay."

Mishal: "No, I don't have enough for three meals, barely enough for one."

Ibrahim took out his wallet: "Here."

Mishal Thanked him and left.

Ahmed: "Joud, how are you feeling?"

Joud sat up straight: "Nothing, what's wrong with you making a big deal out of it."

Ahmed: "Don't say I'm making a big deal, no sane woman neglects her health."

Joud: "Dad, talk to your son, give me a break, ever since Suha said it and he's sitting in front of me, it's like I'm the first woman with diabetes."

Ibrahim: "Let him reassure us about you."

Joud: "But I'm fine…" She turned to Ahmed: "Isn't your specialty the heart if it's fine, what do you have to do with diabetes?"

Ahmed: "Why wouldn't I know about the diseases of the era?"

Joud: "Maybe."

Mishal puts down the bags in front of them: "Enjoy your meal."

Fares sat between Waad and Joud.

Joud: "Please don't soil my clothes, I am too lazy to get up to change."

Fares: "I'm not a kid, I know how to eat, tell your sister, she's the one who always messes up her clothes as if she's not a grown woman."

Waad: "It's not your fault, it's the fault of the one who ordered for you and lets you sit next to her."

Fares: "It's my father's money, I can do what I want."

Waad: "Then fly away, go sit with your father."

Fares: "I'm not going to sit here."

Saud: "What's wrong with you, did you get upset? He's right, after every meal you start changing your clothes because you've dirtied them, you need a bib."

Waad: "And who told you I got upset? I've made a promise to myself not to get upset no matter what happens. As for changing clothes, may God afflict you with a woman who has the same issue."

Saud: "Hahaha, don't worry, I'll ask to see her eat, if she turns out like you, I'm not taking her."

Waad: "You won't find anyone like me even if you search the whole world, you'll get dizzy and you won't find anyone a quarter of me."

Nawal: "Where can one find a grown-up child? Stubborn, argumentative, doesn't understand, and doesn't know how to eat."

Waad: "Thank you, that's more like it." And she started eating her meal.

Saud responds to his phone: "Hello Assaf... I'm fine, thank God, how are you... Yes, I haven't visited them for two days... I'll come to them tomorrow… No, nothing new, did Salman talk to you... Ah, then we'll discuss it. All the best... Take care... Farewell."

Khaled: "Anything new with the issue?"

Saud: "No, if there was, I would have told you."

Waad looks at her phone receiving messages one after another: "I want a new number."

Nawal: "As if he couldn't find out your new number."

Waad: "I didn't give it to anyone I don't trust."

Ibrahim:"So you give your number to just anyone?"

Waad: "No."

Saud: "The proof is the huge number of contacts, I haven't reached five hundred, where did you get one thousand seven hundred from?"

Waad: "I'm sociable and get along with people quickly, you don't even respond to greetings without a full background check on the person."

Fares: "Waad, open the ketchup for me."

Waad: "I'll finish my meal and you still haven't started yours, how about you give it to me."

Nawal: "You've got your eye on his food as if you're not full."

Waad opens the ketchup: "Here, and don't ask for anything else after that."

Fares: "Put napkins, you've dirtied your blouse."

Waad: "How about you teach me how to eat?"

Fares gets excited: "Alright, look, first you hold it well like this."

Waad: "I say get lost."

Fares: "As if you're something special."

Nada: "Speaking of which, before I forget, the college has set a date for the discussion of my thesis, of course, you'll all attend."

Saud: "All of us, how can we attend? Do we enter where the women are?"

Waad: "Why, haven't you ever attended a thesis discussion or graduation project?"

Saud: "No, I never have."

Nada: "There will be audio for the men."

Yasser: "So you're going to speak and your voice will be heard by the men?"

Nada nervously: "Yes."

Yasser: "That's the last thing we need."

Noha: "What do you mean the last thing we need? This is the college's system, and then you come to destroy everything based on her voice being heard during the discussion, as if she's saying something encrypted or shameful."

Saud: "So it's normal for her voice to be heard by men?"

Nada: "I'm not discussing with men, I'm discussing with professors, and one of my thesis supervisors is a male doctor, so it's normal, this is knowledge, not something shameful."

Ibrahim: "Don't worry, may God grant you success and you bring us a degree that raises our heads."

Nada breathes a sigh of relief, afraid he would nullify all her efforts in a moment: "Amen."

Waad: "Nada, weren't you holding your heart, afraid that your brothers will destroy all your hard work?"

Saud: "You don't know how to be a bringer of good."

Waad: "Yes, because you don't want someone to show you your wrong ideas. I'm sure you wish our father would refuse and limit the thesis to just female students, but that's impossible because one of the thesis supervisors is male, not female."

Khaled: "And you interpret everything as you please."

Waad: "No, I don't interpret as I please, I interpret based on the information in front of me."

Joud: "You've entered mathematics, data, now solve the problem."

Ahmed: "Come on, Joud, finish eating, I want to measure your sugar."

They fell silent, repeating the call to prayer and reciting the supplications.

Ahmed: "After the prayer, I'll measure it for you."

Waad: "I'm craving coffee."

Saud stands up, rolling up his sleeves: "Don't burst, you just ate."

Waad: "My stomach or yours?"

Khaled: "I'm going to Sultan after the prayer."

Rahma: "Don't be late, my son."

Khaled: "I'll be here before 11."

Rahma: "don't speed."

Khaled smiled: "Fine."

…

One of the cafes..

Khaled: "What's up with you? As soon as I entered, I felt like you had something to say. Is it something good, Sultan? If you need money, I am here for you."

Sultan: "No, Khaled, honestly, I came to you about another matter. I've been wanting to talk to you for a while, but I was hesitant. Now I thought I'd take the opportunity before it's too late."

Khaled: "Okay, Sultan, what is it?"

Sultan: "I want to be close to you, Khaled. I want to marry your sister Waad"

Khaled, surprised: "You've shocked me, Sultan, but you know that the decision is in my father's hands, not mine."

Sultan: "I know, Khaled, but I want you to talk to her. If she agrees, I will bring my family, and we will officially propose."

Khaled: "Don't worry, but my father has to know before any promise is made. May God write what is best. Hopefully, it's meant to be for you."

Sultan: "May God bring what is best."

…

The morning

Ibrahim: "So, where are the girls? None of them have come down yet."

Nawal: "They're upstairs watching a movie."

Rahma: "People are praying Fajr, and they're still sitting on it. I scolded them to pray, and they didn't get up until there was a commercial break. Each one ran to her room to pray before it started again."

Nawal: "I'll go call them."

Khaled: "No, auntie, let them be. I want to talk to my father about something before he leaves."

Ibrahim: "What is it, Khaled?"

Khaled: "Dad, you know my friend Sultan, we've been friends for years."

Ibrahim: "Yes."

Khaled: "Yesterday, he called me wanting to get closer to us and proposed to Waad. He said if we agree, he'll bring his family to formally propose."

Saud smiled: "Sultan is a man you can count on."

Ibrahim: "Do you think Waad will agree to him?"

Khaled: "I thought I'd tell you, Dad, so we can tell her, I'll convince her if she refuses."

Yasser: "My sister doesn't know what's good for her. If she refuses him, Dad, force her on him."

Ahmed: "Why would you force her on him? Is she a toy?"

Yasser: "So, we just let her do whatever she wants every time she refuses good men until she's left with the worst ones after she's past her prime?"

Khaled: "And you, auntie, what do you think?"

Nawal: "I have no say after Ibrahim's decision."

The conversation was interrupted by the girls coming down: "Good morning."

"Good Morning."

They took their seats.

Noha: "I don't know why I feel like we interrupted your conversation."

Joud: "I felt the same way."

Mishal: "We finished our conversation; I was about to call you."

Mayar: "Ugh, exams are the day after tomorrow."

Saud: "Yeah, keep hanging out with the ladies watching movies and groaning."

Noha: "The movie was really good and amazing."

Dana: "It was disgusting; I couldn't finish it. I was grossed out by their appearances."

Mayar: "On the contrary, it's amazing. I love this type of movies, cannibalism is fascinating."

Waad: "I like ghosts and haunted houses, but after the movie ends, I get paranoid about any sound."

Mayar: "So, you're scared."

Waad: "Not really, but it goes back to normal after a couple of days."

Dana: "I feel like I can't eat."

Noha, pretending to enjoy her food: "You're missing out; today's breakfast is different."

Dana: "Why, do you see anything other than the usual dry food?"

Joud, playing with her eyebrows: "Maybe she thinks she's eating human flesh."

Dana ran to the bathroom to throw up...

The girls: "Hahahahahaha..."

Noha: "Oh my God, she's hilarious. It reminded me of the TV shows when a woman has cravings and can't stand the smell of food..."

Mayar: "Shame on you, Joud, why did you do that?"

Joud: "Let her get used to it, sister. She faints at the sight of blood."

Yasser: "God help her with what she's afflicted with. She's forced to see it every month."

The girls, whose voices were loud, quieted down, and embarrassment overwhelmed their faces.

Suha, whispering to Waad: "Did he really have to say that?"

Waad: "I'm shocked he dared to say that to us."

Saud, smiling: "Good, that quieted them down. They were annoying us. Looks like we'll always talk about these topics."

Joud: "It's okay, we'll lose our modesty and become desensitized."

Yasser: "Go look at your face; it's still red."

Ibrahim: "Since you're all calm, let me speak about a matter."

Waad: "I also want to discuss something with you."

Ibrahim: "What's your issue?"

Waad: "No, you go first, my matter can wait for later."

Ahmed: "What is it, Dad?"

Ibrahim: "It's good... I'm going to take a fourth wife"

Mayar: "What? Really? Really?"

Ibrahim: "I have proposed to the fourth."

Saud smiles: "Congratulations, father. May you provide the wealth and may she provide the children.

Joud: "No, you must be joking. Why are you congratulating him? He's talking about a fourth wife... not the first."

Waad: "Why a fourth? You already have three wives, each one of them thinks she's the best. What's the need for a fourth?"

Ibrahim: "It's my choice."

Ahmed: "Congratulations in advance. We will go with you when you propose."

Ibrahim: "you will all go."

Noha: "You must be joking. How can you agree, congratulate, and want to go with him to propose?"

Yasser: "You should show some manners. You're speaking to our father, not one of us."

Waad: "And why not? What's the big deal? What will she offer that my mother and aunts haven't already provided?"

Mona: "There's no need for this talk. Your father has been interested in this woman for a long time, and if it weren't for what happened years ago, she would be his wife now."

Soha: "Do you love her?"

Ibrahim: "Yes, I love her. Do you have a problem with that?"

Waad stands up: "Great, you said it in front of us. So, if I come to you tomorrow and say I love someone, it will be fine, and you won't have a problem with it?"

Nawal: "Waad, show some respect. You're speaking to your father. Honor and appreciate him."

Waad: "He didn't respect us, mom. He went to propose without even telling us."

Mayar: "How long have you loved her? A year, two years, how many?"

Rahma: "For thirty-five years."

Joud stands up: "I'm surprised how you talk about someone who will take your husband as if it's normal."

Mishal: "I don't understand why you're making a big deal. My father already has three wives; what's one more?"

Waad: "I don't agree."

Mayar: "Neither do I."

Noha: "Nor do I."

Soha: "Nor do I."

Joud: "And I also don't agree with this marriage. If you had a reason to marry a fourth, it would be different, but we see no need for it."

Soha: "You have three wives. If one falls short, the others make up for it. Why the fourth?"

Ibrahim: "Are you done?"

Waad: "We won't be done until you change your mind."

Ibrahim: "What if I tell you that today I'm going to propose formally and my wedding will be next week, and she will be here."

Joud: "I hope she dies."

Ibrahim sternly: "Joud."

Maiar: "Are you that worried about her? Do you love her that much? Afraid of our prayers? We won't stop praying, God willing, she'll be struck by misfortune and never recover."

Ibrahim: "Enough! I've given you all a chance to speak your minds, but to pray for her misfortune, no, that's where I draw the line. Do you understand?"

Noha: "Grandfather is okay with you taking a fourth wife?"

Ibrahim: "Do I look like a baby with a pacifier in my mouth?"

Noha: "No, that's not what I meant, but grandfather adores my mother and aunts, how could he be okay with you taking a fourth wife?"

Ibrahim: "Well, that's my business, and for your information, my father is going with me today, and it was my mother who proposed to her for me."

Suha: "You make it sound like it's your first marriage, all this excitement for her, everything is prepared and we've just found out."

Saud: "Get out of here to your rooms, this talk is infuriating, we don't want it."

Noha: "Don't worry, we're not staying…" She left, followed by her sisters.

Walid: "Don't worry, father, they'll get used to the situation tomorrow, and they might even grow to love her.

Ibrahim: "I want all of you to come with me today."

Khaled: "Honestly, father, I'm shocked. If you've loved her for years, why didn't you marry her before?"

Ibrahim: "Her brother hated me and refused to give her to me."

Khaled: "And she never married?"

Ibrahim: "She did, but she became a widow recently."

Mishal: "Does she have children?"

Ibrahim: "She has two grown sons."

Yasser: "Then may God unite you with her and soothe the heart that has been yearning for years."

Ibrahim smiled: "You have no shame saying such things."

Yasser: "Hahaha, father, you just told us you love her, you should be the one feeling shy, not us."

Ibrahim turned to Dana: "Hahaha, why? Am I doing something wrong? I'm taking her in a lawful manner, and you, Dana, you've been quiet."

Dana: "If you want her, why not take her? It's wrong to let your heart suffer and to deprive you of her after all these years."

Ibrahim: "I wish your sisters were like you, I don't know who they take after."

Mona: "Don't get angry, Ibrahim, it's just a matter of a few days until they get used to the situation."

Nawal: "Get used to it! If they cooperate, they'll bring misfortune upon us."

Rahma: "Joud left without having breakfast, her sugar might drop."

Ahmad: "Don't worry, mother, if she went out, I'll check on her and see, and besides, she's probably full from watching the movie until she said enough."

Ibrahim: "Even so, make sure it's normal for her."

Ahmad: "As you command."