Chapter 53, Omar's New Path.

Omar has been thinking of a way to tell his sister to visit their grandma in another town for hours. He needs her to be away for a while; he needs her to be safe. He knew a long time ago that he couldn't tell her about what they were doing, and he knew for a fact that she'd worry about him, so he decided to keep her away. At this point, the negotiations with the president had reached a dead end. That stupid mummy thinks he can just use brute force to restore the hostages. Abo Bilal says that he doubts the president even cares about the hostages-all he cares about is power and his image.

Letting the revolutionists have their way and declaring a deal with them would put him in a fragile position, and his Military Council would start doubting him. Therefore, they might try to replace him, and the last thing he's willing to give up is his position as president.

Abo Bilal and the leaders of the revolution decided that negotiations alone wouldn't be enough, so they gave their men orders to start armed resistance operations. Abo Mamdoh, one of the strategists of the armed resistance, told them that he would assign each of them a certain mission, and they must not fail. They shouldn't be afraid or hesitate because he had carefully studied every detail.

At first, Abo Bilal decided that Omar would remain a shadow and a hidden ally to the revolution, but Omar insisted on joining the armed resistance. He argued that he couldn't just stand back and watch, especially since he desperately wanted to save his friend. After a lot of convincing, Abo Bilal agreed-especially since Omar had provided them with everything they needed to know about the general he was assigned to watch. There was no need to monitor him any longer, and Omar had already given them access to his uncle's company system. They had the list of his uncle's connections and knew everything about every single one of them, so there was nothing left for Omar to do in the shadows. It was about time he picked up a weapon and fought.

One of the reasons Omar never hesitated to spy on his uncle was because he knew just how rotten his uncle was-from ripping away their father's property from them after their parents died to the smuggling and illegal work he did under the cover of his companies. He also did dirty work for the government, such as spying on other businessmen and plotting against his rivals, bringing them down by the dirtiest means.

One time, Omar was in his uncle's mansion when he heard him speaking to his wife. They were talking about how they would force an actress to do a commercial for one of their products for free-when she usually got paid thousands-and if she refused, they'd threaten to expose her affair with one of the generals. They laughed as they described how she cried and swore that he had forced himself on her, that she had no choice because he threatened to throw her in jail if she turned him down. But his uncle didn't care and told her to do the commercial or he'd destroy her. She had no choice but to agree.

His uncle was the definition of a corrupt capitalist-he'd do anything for money-and Omar was glad that he would be the one to put an end to his corruption.

Omar's first mission was to trap his uncle and force him to give all his money to the revolution. Then, they'd force him to hand over all his properties and companies to Omar and make him the new CEO. After that, they'd lock him away and deal with him later in a proper trial.

The plan was simple: he would attend a business dinner with his uncle as usual, then drive him home-but instead of taking him home, he'd take him to Abo Bilal's hideout, where Abo Bilal himself would convince him to step down and give Omar everything.