Chapter 04

Mohamed N'Diang

Hi, my name is Mohamed N'Diang, I am twenty-six years old and I am Muslim above all alhamdoulilaye. I am Senegalese and Moroccan. I am the financial director of the BIM bank. I have a sister and two brothers, we are a very close-knit family.

I still have my two parents: my father, sixty-nine, and my mother, sixty-four. I am the last boy in the family. My two brothers are married, one is called Drissa, he is thirty-five years old, the other is called Aziz and is twenty-nine years old. My sister, Fatima, is twenty-two years old.

That's it, I think that's all. In any case, for people who are important at the moment.

Today is Friday and, my boss not being a lover of walking in the park, I arranged to have the afternoon free to be able to attend.

Recently, the company experienced a small crisis, which we solved with the greatest tact. My work has been doubly amplified because, as CFO, I cannot afford to let the files pile up. This meant that I had more work than usual, which I don't like, because I'm a real workaholic. But I also know the difference between professional and private life.

Thus, I alternate my work and my family life, because for me the family comes first. I spend more time with my family, because we don't know what life has in store for us. And of whom we will be deprived for eternity

I was focused on my work when my boss came into my office for a mission, according to him, of the utmost importance. He talks to me about it with the greatest seriousness, and I listen to him in the same way.

It was a project to build an orphanage, on a plot of ten hectares. This project seemed to be close to his heart, having been an orphan himself. He had to give a home to all those abandoned, or all those who have no family.

I greatly admire my boss. He shows a big heart, optimism and charisma that makes him unique. But he also has a mysterious side he is continuously like someone who hides something but to each his share of shadow

After his departure, I immediately began to examine the contract and the plans. It's true that it's a big project, but I'd be up to it to show him that he made the right choice by entrusting me with this project.

The time has come. I put my things away and headed for the exit. My phone ring: it was my brother.

●Hi, my brother, I told him.

●Hi, how are you?

●Well thank you, and you?

●Good too. It was to warn you, we are waiting for you at the end of our street to go to the park.

●OK, I answered him. I'll be there in five minutes, I just got out of the office.

●OK, take care of yourself.

And we hung up. I then took the road to my house. It's not very far from my workplace. As expected, I arrived five minutes later. I parked my car to go join them.

●Hi, I told them, and what they also answered me.

●Your work, my father began while walking. How is it doing?

●Yes dad, everything is alright. Don't worry.

●It's good, my son, he smiles.

My father is a landmark for me. I do everything to walk in his footsteps, because he is a stake, hardworking man, and who fears only God. I could only be happy to have had a father like him. My brothers being married, they live at home. So I live alone boy with my parents, to my greatest happiness, because I learn every day what life is and its demands, but also more about religion from my father.

●I thank God, says my mother.

Arriving in front of the park, we separated from my mother and sister and went to the lake

I went out before my father and my brothers to be able to see the surroundings. For a moment, while I was arrested, someone got into me. I had to lower my head because I'm still a little tall, measuring one meter ninety-one. I then saw a young woman, whom I barely caught up with before she fell

She immediately straightened up, thanking me by freeing herself quickly. I looked into her eyes before she looked away and I did the same, we stayed like that for a minute. This woman had attracted me, I was able to fix in her beautiful black eyes this expression that reflected her embarrassment. She was of unparalleled beauty. I had never been so close to a woman, but she was certainly the most beautiful I had ever known. I felt a little electro-shock

I came to my senses when her friend, I guess, came to pick her up. She left, thanking me again, and even after that I couldn't help but watch her walk away.

My whole family joined me shortly after, and we took the road to a restaurant. I saw her again, in this same restaurant, but she hadn't seen me.

We finally returned home, but my mind was always traveling to this beautiful stranger, with whom my meeting will remain memorable.

Even late at night, I couldn't find sleep. My mind was always riveted towards this beautiful woman with black eyes, so sparkling, which left me with a lasting memory.