She leaves the dish rag to soak up any more blood. ‘Lynn, come.’ My father in the doorway commands her. She kisses my face and disappears through...the door. I try hard not to fall asleep, to wait for her. I stand up in the room feeling the pain on my forehead. Putting my hand on the door I want to crack it open. I return to my bed, beaten by fear, and pull the covers up to my neck. I can hear my sister’s voice through the walls, echoing off my room. After awhile the house is silent, I wait for. قالى مش بتقولى تخين على كسك قلتله انا اصلى ماتناكتش بقالى اكتر من 3 شهور وبينما انا لقيته بيسرع فى حركته وحسيت انه هيجيب فقلتله متجبش فى كس عشان مش عامله حسابى قالى اجيبهم فين قلتله ارفع الجيبه من ورا وهاتهم على طيزى وكسى ويادوب كملت كلمتى وهو رفعلى الجيبه وحسيت بطلقات نار بتخبط فى طيزى وفى كسى ... اااااااااااااااااااااااااى يخربتك خررمت كسى وطيزى. ااااه ايه يبنى ده انت مخزنهم بقالك اد ايه قالى انا اول مرة انيك واحدة بضرب عشرات بس.. قلتله عشان كده جبت بسرعه.. شوفلى مناديل بقا انضف نفسى.. قالى. Raat ko 10 waje khana khatam karke apne room mai aya aur sone lagi didi ayi light off karke mere bagal mai sone lagi kuch der baad didi boli rahul tujko kya pata hai mere baremai mai kuch nhi boli didi phir boli bol na kya kiye hai mene mai boli sab kuch janti hu didi boli kya mai boli cousin ki shadi raat jo tumne kiya hai didi kuch nhi boli didi boli tujko kese pata chala maine bola mai pehle akhir tak thumare upper nazar rakhi thi tum jab susu karne gayi thi uske bad mei v gaya tha susu. She did not bother turning on the table lamp, instead she flipped the switch on the wall that flooded the front porch with light. Her heart froze in her chest. When it finally restarted, its pace was twice as fast as usual. Its pounding was so loud that she could not hear herself think. Her chest felt as tight as it had that day. The day when she had opened this same door to find the pastor from the local Methodist church that she occasionally attended over the years and a man adorned in the.