Between love and weakness

Ahmed seriously: I'm leaving because I've had enough of you, but this won't be the last we hear of each other.

He left the office under her gaze, which was filled with anger mixed with resentment, and she continued to do her work without speaking to anyone. After a hard day's work, she returned home and met her mistress, who was in her late fifties. She said, with a smile: “How are you, ma'am?”

The woman replied coldly: “Thank God.” Then she said provocatively: “Oh, I forgot to tell you, my son is getting married in two days in one of the largest halls in Egypt. He is handsome and has beautiful eyes, and he is neither complicated nor arrogant like other people.”

She was sure she was talking about her, so she felt angry, but she hid it, saying coldly: “Congratulations, may God bless him.” After that, she went up to her apartment, opened the door with her key, put her papers and things on the nearest table, and headed to the kitchen to see her mother. She was cooking many things. She approached her... and when her mother saw her, she came out of the kitchen... and left her alone to run after her quickly... and held her hands, saying: “It's okay, Mom, don't be upset with me.”

She looked at her and didn't respond to finish her sentence: “It's okay, my dear, don't be upset.”

Manal: I'm not upset with you. I'm upset for you. Forget it, my love.

She interrupts her: Mom, let's not talk about this because I'm tired and fed up.

Manal: Okay, Nour.

Nour: So, are you not going to eat?

Manal seriously: Wait for Dad to come and we'll eat together.

Nour: Okay, my love.

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She was sitting on her laptop following the most important news and checking her page when she found a page advertising a famous doctor specializing in psychiatric treatment. She

wrote down the number and address on her phone. She didn't know why she did this, but she was distracted by the sound of her laptop announcing that she had a message to open.

The message read, “I'm not joking, I'll come back to you so you can train me.”

She stared at it, feeling angry and resentful, then closed her laptop and went to bed to sleep and escape her sadness, because the only thing we can do to get away from pain and sadness is to sleep and dream about what we want, because dreams are the only window through which we can see everything we wish would happen.

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On the second day, she goes to work and goes to her boss's (Majid) office to try to get him to have someone else train this strange creature. After much insistence, he agrees to let her leave his office, and she feels happy, but her happiness is not complete because when she enters the office, she sees her friend Arwa. She cries bitterly and rushes to her, saying, “What's wrong, Arwa?” She is unable to speak because she is crying so much, but when she sees her, she hugs her tightly and finds many of the employees looking at them. The employees looked at them, and she said sharply and loudly, “Everyone go back to work.” People moved away from them, afraid of her harshness and loud voice, as she tried to calm her friend down. When she calmed down, she said to her in a very weak voice, “Follow me, Nour.”

She looked at her with a mixture of seriousness and questioning: “What's wrong, my daughter?”

Arwa cried: “Hossam wants me to quit my job.”

Nour: “You're the reason. I told you before, don't let him take advantage of you. You tell him everything. Okay, fine.”

Arwa says seriously: I can't say no, no matter how upset I am or how much I disagree with his decision.

Nour says: Then it's his right to do what he wants with you.

Arwa: I've never been one to cause trouble.

She looks at her reproachfully and says: I'm not saying you should stay like this, but you can't just say yes to everything he tells you to do.

She looks at her and says seriously, “I can't do anything even if I want to without his permission.”

She looks at her with anger mixed with rage and says firmly, “That's called weakness.”

Arwa objects, “No, it's called love, adoration, and fear of upsetting the one you love.”

Nour says sarcastically, “Love is a matter of the mind.”

Arwa: If love is in the mind, it's not love.

Nour: Many people love and betray, many people love and oppress, and Hossam is like any man who wants to control you, and you follow him without thinking.

Arwa: Not everyone is like Nader! By the way, Nour, you need to see a psychologist to get over your hang-ups. You're going to ruin yourself.

She looks at her and says seriously: Thank you very much for your advice.

She looks at her for a moment, trying to find the right words to repair the damage she has just caused, and says in a tone of voice that shows tenderness: I'm sorry, Nour, but I swear to God, I want you to go back to being the Nour I know, the kind, innocent Nour, so you don't get upset with me.

Nour: Okay, Arwa, go do your job, and I'll do mine.