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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 39, January 2022
Vol.1, Issue 39, January

And she continued, saying: “Yes, we vowed to each “She insisted on leaving and said, her crying
other to walk our way together, and you made me louder: You made me carry more than I could

believe that you would be strong for me, and I have bear, until I almost lost the way, and you were no
this much thought... You neglected me, left me to more a companion to me.”
He shouted, shaking her violently: “Tell me,
overcome difficulties alone, and I fell into the where are you going? Are you leaving to find
abyss.” someone else? Tell me where you'll live after

He thought for a while and called her: “My dear your parents die, your two brothers get married,
wife, I did not deprive you of any of your rights, and and...”

standing by my side was your duty, I thought my She interrupted him and said firmly: “What made
you think that after this miserable life, I will be
presence with you was the reason for your searching for a new husband, and seeking the
happiness.” bliss of a suffocating life?”
He added sympathetically: “Are you crying in vain She went on to say: “Do not worry, I am not

now? Have I become unwanted anymore for you? going to an uncle or a relative of mine, staying

Unloved? After all these years?” with you is impossible.”
She stared at him for a long time as if she was They went silent, the place was quiet, and time
stopped, and it was time she drew the curtains of
actually seeing him for the first time and said: oblivion.
“Do you know what your problem is? You

never feel wrong, never show your regret, and
you believe I will be lost without you.”

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