3. First impressions

In Istanbul

In the morning,Cilem made her way to her flat. Welcomed by the silence, she assumed that Azra was still asleep.

She talked alone as she approached Azra's room

"Please Azra, please answer me You sleep a lot Don't you get enough sleep" surprised to find the bedroom empty,she tried calling her

"Don't you even answer the phone You have been..." disrupted by a knock

"coming"

She opens the door and finds three strange men

"Hmm Tell me how may I help you ?"

"I want to meet Azra"

" She is not here right now She should come later "

"You seem to be a very close friend of hers "

"We both live together but She is not here right now As soon as she comes I will tell her " Cilem tried to close the front door but the men forcefully entered and covered her mouth so she doesn't scream.

.....

Mahir drops Azra in front of Ipek's home

"I thank you "

"It's okay"

" You are coming to the wedding tonight Then why don't you?"

" I don't like weddings "

"Hey what has happened for you not to like them?"

"Everything is fine just that She is very dear to me"

" There is definitely something fishy"

" I mean we both are friends since childhood It is not what you are thinking Well I am going now I am getting late ."

"I will know this secret Mahir"

" You don't need to try You will know soon Well okay Anyway after the wedding i I am going to stay here for some time Maybe we will meet again,"

Mahir then drove away and Azra admired the mansion in front of her eyes

"wow!"

Few minutes later,in Ipek and Tekin's bedroom, Ipek was applying makeup probably to coverup bruises from earlier on. A maid knocked and entered declaring that a guest named Cilem has arrived for Ipek. Jealous and controlling Tekin was suspicious

"Welcome her, I'll come down in a minute ." Said Ipek

"I've never heard of her before who's she?" Tekin asked

" actually, she's my college friend, she's come to give me a surprise."

In happiness, Ipek swiftly made her way down the stairs to Azra

"Hello, hello, I'm Ipek"

"and I, I'm Cilem" Azra said

Happily Ipek hugged Azra

.....

In Istanbul

Cilem was tied to a chair,mouth taped.

"Miss Cilem, your friend has actually stolen a very precious thing of mine and I want it back at any cost, if you help me in returning that thing, it will be better for you and Azra,otherwise you know what I can do" the man said an Cilem made inaudible sounds

"maybe you want to say something" The man removed the tape from her mouth

"I don't know where she is, believe me,I don'tknow, let's call her."

" just give her the phone, let me untie her hands"

Cilem tried calling Azra but the phone rang in the room. Seems like she left without it.

.....

Tekin's Mansion

"You should stay with us for some more time"

" It is a very beautiful place and you have a very big house"

" not yet, but after tonight it will be my house"

"so are you happy? You are not as happy about your marriage as I am about meeting you"

"I am also happy about meeting you, Cilem because of me your routine got disturbed, right?"

" No, not at all. What special thing is happening in my life that it gets disturbed? But why not, I have no family, no plans for marriage. In short, I have no future plans. Every day a new adventure."

"Such a life must be very difficult for you."

" I have got used to it now."

" Anyway, the adventure in my life has just begun. I have buried my grave. "

"What grave does it mean? How is it possible?"

" There must be many things that you must have learnt which can make the new life beautiful. So be thankful for everything that you have learnt from your grave till now.

I always do it like this, life becomes easy my dear Past Thank you for everything you taught me "

"Okay, I will say the same to you"

...

Deren made her way out of the guest house and met Kenan

"Here is the car"

"okay thank you so much"

" if I say so, I will come with you because The road ahead from here is very difficult, I mean there are dangerous turns everywhere."

"Instead of the dangerous roads, I will drive carefully now and yes, I raised my hand on you Sorry, this is the first time I remember this"

"It will be fine, you will go straight from here, you will see olive trees and the road is straight Goes to Tekin Malik's house"

" thank you, see you at the wedding"

"see you"

Deren drove away headed to Tekin's house

...

Ipek and Azra were still getting to know each other

"This is my story, yep that's me "

"I am sorry to hear that, that means no one adopted you, you remained all alone" Ipek said

" Well I myself did not want anyone to adopt me, in fact, whenever I was adopted, I used to run away from there"

" Why is that? at least it would have been better than living in an orphanage"

" No, There was a girl in that orphanage who was like a sister to me. We both used to face every difficulty together But we both were a little different Meaning she often used to get scared of the cruel society That's why I didn't leave her alone."

" Where is she now ?"

"When we both turned 18, we had to leave that place even though we didn't want to Then we both bought an apartment together But now she is living a very good life She is going to get married Yes, now she doesn't need me "

In Cilem's apartment

Still tied up

" give me both these phones Keep them with you She will know where to go If you both really loved each other, she will definitely come to save you. Get me a pen and Paper, You will write a letter a letter for Azra She should also know What is her friend's condition Write to her." The man named Refik said

There was a door knock

"Go to the door Open the door" Refik and his men untied Cilem who went to the door

"What happened Cilem Why were you crying Are you all right Isn't it Azra?"

Before Cilem could respond, Refik's men abruptly opened the door and forced Cilem's boyfriend inside.

...

In Ipek's front yard, Deren parked her car and saw Ipek and Azra approach. She made a few step ahead but chickened out and planned to walk away but Ipek stopped her

" Hey, I'm Ipek"

Ipek attempted to hug Deren but Deren extended her hand for a handshake

"And I am so happy to see you. "

" And I'm Cilem. You look quite tired, Is everything alright?" Azra chipped in

"Excuse me can I use your room ?"

"Why not come I will take you Come" Ipek said as she led Deren inside

"come here it is " Ipek and Azra stood outside waiting while Deren washed her face with cold water trying to gather her thoughts. In few minutes she came out.

"Are you alright Deren?" Ipek asked again

" Yes I am absolutely fine" "Okay Let's go Then everything is alright right We three are very confused It will take some time Isn't it like that You must be hungry I will get food for both of you Come by the way I mean I can't believe that everything happened so suddenly and now all three of us are standing together. I am sure that you must be as happy as I am after meeting you both." Said Ipek

"Let me tell you one thing, I have not come here to start a new family. I have only come to know whether this is really true or not. I am very happy with the life I am living." Deren said

" I mean we should stop the drama but we can try to stay together. What do you think?" Azra said

"Okay, I will get food ready. Come."

" Yes, I am very hungry "

"and so am I."

Tekin approached them

"Ipek ,won't you introduce your friends to me?

Surprise from me, two new friends in one day. "

"Yes, these are Deren and Cilem. On my wedding. They Suddenly came and gave the presents."

"Yes we are college friends "

"Yes, of course, she was very famous in college"

"You are friends, right? What did you study in college?"

"Cilem was a music student"

"and I was a medical student"

"Well, let's go and have food, we will keep talking, they both have just arrived

They must be very tired, "

"why not? Of course, my name is Tekin Malik."

"We are also happy to meet you both, Mr. Tekin "

After the introductions, Tekin left the ladies

"I have a request. It would be better if Tekin doesn't know about our relationship right now.

He is very suspicious. I don't want him to think anything wrong." Ipek said

"He seems to be of your father's age." Deren said

" I couldn't find anyone else for marriage."

Oh, it must be a love story. And in love, a person becomes blind.

"Can you show me that letter? " Deren asked

"Of course, but at a place where there is no one else except the three of us "