Chapter 10

In the city of Alexandria.

Two days have passed since Mahmoud and his son Omar arrived in Alexandria,While Omar was enjoying his time in Alexandria sitting in front of the sea and swimming in its big blue sea, Mahmoud was spending his day between talking with Hamdi at times and talking with Amira at other times, Hamdi was very careful about the condition of his beloved wife Amira and he often sat with them while Mahmoud was doing an activation of Amira's memory and trying to alert her that Hamdi was the one who won her in the end and that she had to wake up from this condition quickly so as to get back to concern for her husband and her daughters, who were going through a bad mental state since her private doctor informed them of this condition, which might get worse in case of not caring for Amira and take its illness seriously, even it's strange or not common.

It was not easy for Hamdi to accept such a strange situation, he turns to another man to improve the condition of his wife, a man who is not a doctor or a specialist in treatment but knows very well his wife and may help his wife to restore normal state. Mahmoud may have been a rival for him, even if competition does not mean anything at this age, but it was not the case for Amira, who was noticed to be happy and smiling when Mahmoud is sitting with her remembering past days while her face shape and features seem on the contrary, sad and fading when Hamdi was sitting with them. Mahmoud could see that and understood how was Hamdi getting anger and sad when he feels that from his wife that Mahmoud wished that all this would end quickly, as he and Hamdi are in an unenviable situation.

Feeling that the atmosphere was a little gloomy, Nahla asked Omar to take the two girls Sarah and Zina on a trip to see Alexandria and its beautiful historical and engineering monuments, which are filling the whole city that was the capital of the country in previous historical eras.

There is no doubt that Omar was very happy about this as he did not come to watch his father and guard him, so he asked his father the permission to go out with the two girls and his father agreed for the girls to recognize their original home, Egypt. Omar went out with the two girls, he took them to the library of Alexandria, and showed them some historical monuments that are still exist since the Greek era until now, the two girls were fascinated by this great civilization, so they took some photos and talked with passers - by in their simple Arabic language - which their parents were keen to teach them-with fun and enthusiasm, and Omar took them to a restaurant to know more about Egyptian food, and there Zina suggested that Omar orders food for them as he wished, so he responded to her and ordered for them the most delicious dishes of the Egyptian cuisine that millions of tourists who come to visit Egypt annually love, then he smiled at them and said:

- I just ordered some dishes that you won't forget along your whole life.

- We will see your taste of eating, Omar so be careful.

Zina Said it and laughed so all of them laughed too. Also Sarah continued joking and said:

- Just keep in mind that the reputation of Egyptian tourism among your hands.

Omar smiled to both of them and said:

- You're Egyptians by the way, girls.

- Of course, of course, eventhough we don't know alot about the civilization and history of Egypt, but definitely we consider ourselves Egyptians.

- By the way, Omar, we were fascinated by Egypt, its civilization, history and monuments, despite the fact that the whole world knows about them, contrary to what Egyptians can imagine.

Omar smiled again feeling proud of the civilization left by his ancestors and approved their speech about the Egyptian civilization saying:

- Indeed, I have foreign friends of the internet who study the civilization of Egypt and read about it, although they are not specialists in history, but lovers of exploring the past, which Egypt was the cradle of its ancient civilizations.

- That's right, Omar. The Egyptian civilization has a lot of fans and lovers all over the world and they are searching the secrets and mysteries of its great civilization.

Omar was very pleased with their speech of the great Egyptian civilization and said:

- The truth is that your speech makes any Egyptian proud of its country, its history and civilization. Thanks for your words.

- Hey, Omar, by the way, What did you study?

- I studied commerce and worked as an accountant in a company in Cairo.

- Very cool.

-I studied law and Zina is still studying journalism.

- Very good. Of course, you have no intention to work or reside in Egypt, Do you?

- I think I can't live here because I have a job in Australia, but Zina doesn't mind to live here in Egypt.

Omar cheered for no reason and said enthusiastically:

- Really, Zina?!

Zina didn't understand his enthusiasm and said quietly:

- Yes, it's true, but why are you so interested in it?!

Omar felt some embarrassment from her question and smiled an incomplete smile, which the two girls felt, and he replied to her:

- Nothing, the matter is that the Egyptians love to laugh and smile even for no reasons, may be it... it's a custom from the days of the Pharaohs, so we are such hilarious for the least things and the most trivial reasons.

Sarah agreed to Omar's analysis about his usual smile saying:

- Really, he has a right, Zina, most of the people we photographed together were smiling, a smile that was not artificial or arrogant.

- See it, Zina. We are all like that, people are simplified and smiley by nature.

Zina smiled and said:

- OK. It seems wonderful.

The waiter put the food on the table and Sarah smelled its tasty odor then said boonly:

- No more talking, please. Let's enjoy our tasty food.

Omar was in an unenviable situation, he was hasty and eager to show his joy at Zina's desire or willingness to live and work here in Egypt. Zina was very beautiful, she has a calm and sparkling spirit that fascinates those who look at her. During the past two days he stayed with her family, he felt attracted to her, and felt for the first time that there is a heart inside him, and even that heart is beating... for the first time.