insisted on it. – Dad, do not be afraid, everything will be fine. If we catch him red-handed, many girls will get their freedom.
– All right, have it your way. Just remember when I was against your dancing and you did not listen to me, what happened. You have a chance to fly home, and you climb into a brothel. Sultana thought about her father’s words.
– We guarantee you complete safety. We will not get that chance either. We have been looking for him for a long time. And to catch him red-handed, it means to solve the case. The meeting was scheduled for tomorrow evening. The investigator left very happy. Rashid and Ahmed sat down to talk.
– So we will be leaving soon. The documents are being prepared.
– Lilya will fly ahead of you.
– Who is Lilya?
– This is my son’s fiancée. They have a wedding date set. The wedding will take place in the summer. This Arthur even kidnapped her. We had to sort it all out. He did not talk about the exchange for life. Sultana heard all this with her own ears, and she was no longer a tenant.
– Yes, so that I would then die in this morgue. She thought to herself. This Arthur has rather kill me than saved by this Amir. Sultana was sitting next to them on the sofa and no longer heard the continuation of the conversation. She did not hear Rashid say that his son was in the hospital and he was in a coma. The words echoed in her ears – «he has a wedding date and the wedding will take place in the summer.» Sultana could not believe what she heard. She did not want to see Amir anymore and considered him her enemy. Although, what did he do to her? I just rescued him from the morgue, put him in a clinic, and that’s it. Perhaps he did his duty as he said. He did not confess his love to her, and did not swear allegiance. It was difficult for her to accept this information, and she quietly got up from the sofa and excused herself from the room. Sultana did not shed a tear. I just lay down on the bed and closed my eyes. She fell into a dream in which she wanted to forget this chance encounter and wake up feeling nothing for this man. Sultana thought that heaven was just laughing at her, removing from her life the people to whom she was so attached. She was so afraid to fall in love, she fell in love, and this is the result. Now, she just did not want to live, and she blacked out.
– Sultanа. Rashid leaves. Sultana did not hear his words. She was sleeping so soundly. Ahmed entered the room and seeing his sleeping daughter quietly left, closing the door behind him. «She’s sleeping. Let him rest. Rashid looked lovingly at Ahmed, who took such careful care of his daughter.
– Let him sleep. See you.
On the same evening, Lily’s parents arrived, with a return ticket to their city. They were not in a good mood and did not have much communication to themselves. Rashid immediately realized this. He understood the reason and did not even try to explain everything. Rashid knew that he was guilty before them, their daughter, and their family. —We are not going to talk to you here. We will talk about everything at home when we meet. Lily’s mother said these words dryly. And Rashid did not dare to contradict her. Lilya was in the same condition as Sultana. She did not want to leave, and buried her pain in herself. Her appearance did not mean anything. The girl sat with her head down and was silent. She was silent until she arrived at her home. It was exactly a day before her home. Their plane left in the afternoon, and in the evening Rashid had a case with the police, and he did not have time to visit his son at all.
– This is some kind of evil fate. He said nervously.
The guests apologized to Lesha, realizing that he was the main tenant of this apartment. They did it in broken Russian, as they used this language very little. – We will leave tomorrow. Lyosha tried to prove to them that he was very happy with them. This was actually the case, and he did not mind if they stayed alive, and especially their daughter. He sat huddled in a chair and watched, as they got ready for bed. The mother went to bed with her daughter. Lily’s father lay down on Amir’s bed and Rashid himself on the floor, all this was done in silence, and no one said a word until morning.
The day of departure came. Lyosha was so looking forward to this day when at least one of them would leave. But the very last of the arrivals and the most welcome guest was leaving. He did not want to admit it to himself, but it was the saddest day of his life. Lyosha was as silent as they were. Now he did not even dare to offer this girl coffee. She was not available. It seemed to him that a ghost was walking around the house, which he could not touch and he could not talk to him either. He wanted to go with them to the airport, but he did not dare to offer it to them. Lyosha packed his backpack and went to the institute. Although he had to go to the third pair. Before leaving, he took a moment and was able to look into the eyes of this girl and make it clear that he likes her. The girl reciprocated, and this guy left the apartment like a living corpse. Lyosha understood that this was their last meeting. In the evening, when he returns, she will no longer be there, and he saw no point in returning home. At that moment, when the front door slammed and Lyosha walked to the elevator, his whole world collapsed, and he wanted to go without looking back, only he did not know where. Lyosha did not go to the institute, for the first time he missed classes, and went to wander around the city, no matter where he was going. The snow fell in flakes and lay on his hair and eyelashes. Lyosha did not pay attention to this, his step quickened, and it seemed he was ready to kill. Just who? He was angry with himself. There was no one to blame for this story. There were no culprits, but there were victims. Everyone suffered, he, Lilya, Sultana, Amir. Having made a sharp stop, Lyosha looked around to understand where he was. Realizing that he missed the lecture, the guy went to the pit stop to drink coffee. He did not want anything, and he just sat silently like a monument, not noticing the life around him. He thought. Lyosha experienced this feeling of pain for the first time in his life. Previously, he was not attached to anyone, and never fell in love with anyone. This love arose suddenly, and suddenly left. Lyosha did not even have time to understand what it was. I did not have time to experience the joy that lovers experience; I did not have time to enjoy the taste and aroma of the love that comes in the first moments. Lyosha has not yet had time to realize that he has lost her, because he has not yet realized that he was in love.
It was time for lunch; it was time to send the plane to Pakse. Lyosha reluctantly waited for this time, it dragged slowly and at the same time flew fast. He did not have time to understand how lunch came. All this time he was sitting in the pit stop and drinking coffee. The plane left Moscow airport, and Lyosha realized that this was the end, the end of his former life. In fact, Lilya was experiencing the same thing, and not having the right to tell anyone about her feelings, she kept everything to herself. It was much harder for her than for Lyosha. She was not as free compared to him. And she had to accept what she had.
After boarding the guests, Rashid went to Igor’s country house to finish the job he started yesterday. Everything was ready. Igor came to support the Sultan. He was very worried about her, knowing about his friend’s feelings. He was greatly overshadowed by the departure of Sultana, as well as the Sultan herself. But he couldn’t do anything about it and was looking forward to his friend’s return from the coma. Everything was ready for the meeting with Sultana’s buyer. The car arrived at the appointed time at the appointed place. Igor rented a friend’s car so as not to arouse suspicion. He himself remained in the car. Rashid was sitting in the back seat next to Sultana, Ahmed and Igor were sitting in the front seats. Sultana had to get into the client’s car and leave with him. The police were waiting for their moment and watching what was happening in the car standing in the adjacent rows. Everything happened in the parking lot of a multi-storey luxury house. Rashid made a call, rearranged his voice, said that the goods were ready, and was getting out of the car. Sultana came out. This customer wanted her. He had a crush on her for a long time and was ready to pay any amount if only he had her, knowing that Arthur did not need this girl, and in order to save her from the fate that was in store for her, he had long dreamed of buying her out and making her his property.
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