Once upon a lie 32

previously: Wahab is still going after the mysterious girl he keeps seeing everywhere and now he'd asked an old friend for help; Shaikha is upset with him and doesn't want him to know she's at the Shalaih swimming her pain away.. and 3abdallah, Wahab's cousin is there too.. and last night he and Shaikha shared more than just a piece of steak.


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Shaikha woke up after a long night of good sleep, and stared beside her at the huge glass window with the big blue sea in front of it, she sighed. I miss Wahab.. was her first thought. She picked up her phone and started dialing his number



" Baby " He said with his deep sexy voice, it sounded like " Oh thank GOD you called "


" Hey.. " She said , trying to be cold


" I miss you " he said , his voice was her weakness and what he was saying was even more knee-weakening


she sighed " i miss you too.." but she couldn't forget that he was neglecting her for the past few weeks.. she heard some murmurs in the background and before she could say anything- " baby let me call you back ok? i love you " he quickly hung up. She was feeling even more awful now..




" Hit me " Wahab quickly said as soon as his old friend sat down in front of him in one of the many Starbuck's Cafe's in the city, " Well hello to you too " the man said " Are you ready to know your mystery girl? " Wahab stopped breathing the second that man had put a piece of paper in front of him.. ( No.. no no.. no.. ) He thought. " Is this your idea of a JOKE? " Wahab was almost shouting. The man looked confused " What-" but before he had a chance to continue..

" This is not a joke to me and what the hell do you think this is?!!! What is this CRAP?!! i ask you for a favor and this is what it get?!!"

The man still didn't know what was going on " Wahab please calm down let me expl-"

" Explain what?!! what is this piece of paper implying?!"

"You didn't even read it!" The man started raising his voice now

" Well the name is enough! is this how you do your job?! " Wahab defended

" It is my job and i'm DAMN good at it!" People started staring at them.. Wahab's face turned blue.. then purple.. he started looking at the name again on top of the page.. ( no way..) he kept repeating in his head..


" Wahab.. i promise this is her.. this is real.. i'm sure of it.. if i didn't i wouldn't have wasted my time or yours.."

Wahab didn't say a word.. he was still in shock " Wahab? " the man repeated.. No answer " Wahab.. " He said again.. nothing.. Wahab calmly got up, pushed his chair back and started walking to the door.."Wahab.. " The man called out again.. " Wahab!! " he got up and ran after him, he saw Wahab trying to access his car but his hands were shaking so much he almost tripped trying to get in, the man helped him get up and in " Can you?- " Wahab was breathing heavily the man got scared " -Please explain to me.. " he looked at the man with watering eyes and crazy rage and weakness at the same time " Why my dead girlfriend's name is on that piece of paper?.. " the man looked confused and scared at the same time.. " Let me drive you home.. " The man said.. "NO!" Wahab shouted.. he closed the door pressed the Gas pedal and flew out of the busy parking lot.


When 3abdallah got up that morning he wanted nothing more than to relax.. he threw his phone in his small carry-on bag he took with him to the shalaih and started walking to the sealed glass shalaih door with his coffee in his hand.. He saw the beautiful wild black hair flying in the wind as the girl jumped in the sea one more time.. ( woah.. ) he thought ( that girl is.. she is something.. ) he thought about Shaikha and the nice time they had talking last night, then he quickly shook his head ( what the hell man this is your cousin's girlfriend ) and he snapped back into reality..


He opened the door and sat on the white plastic chair in front of the Shalaih facing the sea.. He thought again about his father's heart condition, medical papers, bills and papers for foreign medical treatment.. it was all getting too much to handle for him, but he was up for it.. he loved his dad.. and he was stronger than most of his brothers, thats why they depended on him for alot of things. He got up to fix him some breakfast when he suddenly saw Shaikha jumping out of the water and hitting the shore pretty hard, breathing heavily, face down and shivering cold.. He quickly put his coffee mug on the small white table in front of him and rushed towards the sea " Shaikha?!" he shouted as he was getting closer and closer " Shaikha?! " He said as he reached her " Are you okay? " He asked.. involuntarily he wanted to put his hand on her shoulder to make sure she was alright but he stopped himself " Shaikha.. " He said again his voice fading.. She looked scary with her face down, hand on her chest and water dripping from every inch of her body, "I'm .. i'm fine.. " She was trying to talk but her voice was shaking so bad and air was barely coming out of her lungs.. What was going on? 3abdallah thought.. this water is safe.. this girl competed in swimming and she's damn good at it, so what's wrong? Then he stopped and realized it wasn't the water, or her ability to swim.. he noticed her hand and where is was place.. on the scar right above her chest and a little to the right.. now it all makes sense.. now he knows why he saw her in the Cardiac department at the hospital when he took his dad there.. it was obvious now.. it was all clear.. ( oh my god.. ) He thought in his head..


Shaikha had a heart problem


"Can i get you anything? Um.. Can i call someone?! " 3abdallah was panicking, She was still breathing heavily then he noticed her pointing her finger at her towel a few feet away and he ran to get it, he noticed a small box of medicine folded inside the towel and he opened it for her, she swallowed 2 of the pills and fell on her back straight away staring at the sky.. She started breathing normally again.. they were both quiet and 3abdallah was still in shock.. he didn't say a word until she looked at him " Thanks " She said, he still didn't answer.. he was so scared and so surprised and so worried all at once.. " I'm sorry you had to see that " She said again, 3abdallah was still quiet.. then he sat down beside her with his eyes to the sea.. " Now you know my secret.. " Shaikha said


3abdallah looked at her " Wahab doesn't know does he? " He asked


She looked at the sky again.. she didn't want to say anything.. but she felt like he already knew the answer to that..


They were quiet for a while after that.. then Shaikha started " It's a heart condition i had since i was born.. " She told him " It's when your heart gets too big for your own chest.. and then it has to be replaced.. " 3abdalla felt his heart falling to his stomach.. How funny life is.. the girl with the biggest most purest head he'd ever seen.. and her heart is too big for her to handle.. literally..

" I am so so sorry.. " 3abdallah finally said with a soft fading voice


She smiled " It's no problem.. i've learned to live with it " She raised her shoulders in a shrug " No one besides you, my dad and a few family members know " she looked into his eyes " So please " She told him, he knew what she meant " I won't tell Wahab" He told her " But you've got to.. " He felt bad " whenever you feel like you're ready " he looked at the sea again


One reason 3abdallah wanted her to tell his best friend and his cousin Wahab the truth about her condition was that he didn't want him to be surprised when she suddenly breaks down like that again.. Plus he had the right to know being her boyfriend.. he already suffered enough from Kenzii passing away and then this new love of his is sick too? The second reason was that he wanted his cousin to step up and take care of this angel laying on the ground beside him as soon as possible


He looked back at her laying on the sand, still wet and still taring at the sky.. Her beauty took his breath away.. Her pitch black hair all over the sand and her matching black eyes.. her bronze skin and her long toned legs.. ( God she is so effin beautiful.. ) 3abdallah thought


Meanwhile back at 3abdalla's Shalaih, his phone was ringing like crazy.. he already had 22 missed calls from Wahab.. The man who was going crazy knowing that his mystery girl who was showing up everywhere he went has the same name as His dead girlfriend.. Before he knew it Wahab's car crashed into a big tree on the side of the road