Rebound chapter 2: Accidental Stumble

Thought i would post this now before going to the library cause ma adry muta b5al9 tonight.. my first final is tomorrow :s wish mee luucck!

and because dalal told me the red is very dark and difficult to read i changed it to the peachy colour.. inshala it is better :)

 She was fast asleep when she felt her cell phone vibrating and she began to slowly wake. She searched for her phone under the covers until she found it. There were 5 missed calls and 2 messages; 4 out of the 5 missed calls and both messages where from her best friend. The 5th missed call was from 7amad.
   
   She opened the messages only to read an angry, worried Aseel threatening to call the police and report me missing if I don’t get my butt back home or call her asap. I speed dialed 2 and placed the phone on my ear. After 2 rings Aseel answered screaming.

“ INTAY WAINECH?? Laish matrdeeen? You got me worried sick all night!! Couldn’t you at least call oo tgoleenli inech mara7 you come back home? I dialed 999 three freaking times and hung up!” she managed to say all that in one breath.

“ Aseel shfeeech stop screaming! Kane rdait 3laich, please don’t shout my head already feels like its gonna explode… ra7 I explain kil shay awal ma arja3, please don’t make any plans I need you with me all day.”

   She was quiet for a few second. ‘Razan shfeech? Sh9ayr? Laish you sound like this? A9lan intay wainech?” she sounded guilty for greeting me with that angry tone.

 “ mafeni shay Aseel, gltlech ra7 I explain everything awal ma arja3. I’ll be there in like 15 minutes.”
She ended the conversation and got out of bed straight away. 
   
   She dragged herself into the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water to wake up. She only noticed how awful she looked after taking a look at her face in the mirror. Her eyes were puffy and red from all the crying and her face was pale yellow.
   
After grabbing her things and putting her clothes on she left the apartment. Luckily there was a long line of taxi cabs parked down stairs so she walked to the first cab and got in. 15 minutes later she was at her building, she paid for the cab and got out leaving behind the change.

    When she walked into the apartment Aseel was pacing around the living room. She threw herself onto the couch where Aseel came and sat next to her waiting for an explanation to why Razan was looking the way she did.
 
9 months ago:
   ‘Oh my god Yousef you should meet her! Wallaa 7adha etyanen she's soo adorable, I can’t wait till I come back for Christmas. I think ra7 akalm omi 3an ilmawtho3 3shan ya56bonle ilbnaya, I really think she’s the one.’ 7amad was giving his best friend updates since they haven’t spoken for so long. They were both busy doing their own thing and time flew by.

   It was almost a year and a half since 7amad met Jenna and things were going splendid. They both understood each other and it seemed like they both knew what the other wanted in life and was willing to help complete it. It was one of those relationships that were built on trust and respect and as long as those two were still existing in their relationship nothing can go wrong and every fight they get themselves into was easily resolved.

   They lifted each other up and he loved every single thing about Jenna. He began imagining the rest of his life with her. He planned every step he took by thinking about his future with her and what decisions are better for them and what could help raise a family together.

   A few weeks after he decided to speak to his mother about everything and let her know that he wants her as his future wife, something went trebly wrong . He didn’t know how bad this one was but he was sure this wasn’t going to be resolved in 3 days like always.

   Little did he know that this particular situation was going to change everything. He never thought something like this would happen to him.

   7amad accidentally stumbled across a file of papers while he was at Jenna’s office, where she had a part time job to help her with her business course. The special thing he thought he and Jenna had in their relationship is that they are very honest with each other and they never kept any secrets, or so he thought. He opened the file wanting to read through. 

   He just thought it was one of her weekly projects. Jenna always made 7amad read her project and ask for his opinion so when 7amad saw that file he thought he would go ahead and read it. After reading the front page, he wished he never got his hands on that file.

Page 1:
Client: Jenna
Attorney: John Cash
Case: Custody of 1 and a half-year-old son Abdullah –
Judge: Jennifer Ray

   After reading those 4 short sentences 7amad was speechless. He couldn’t believe his eyes. Those words didn’t seem real and there was one way of knowing what all this meant. He had to read the rest of the file. 7amad needed to know if this is true because according to the first page, Jenna has a son. He slowly turned over to the second page.

Case outline:
2 and a half year marriage to Jassim –
Legally married in the State of Kuwait.
Jassim – is an American citizen
Their son Abdullah is also an American citizen
Wife and mother received American citizenship a year after living in Pennsylvania with husband
Legally living in the United States of America for 4 years.
Ongoing trial for custody of son  

   7amad sat himself down trying to absorb the shocking information he just read. He couldn’t believe it. Jenna, his sweet loving Jenna was MARRIED and has a SON!! How could she possibly lie? She lied to him about who she really is! He didn’t know her anymore. The only thing he knew about that person right now was her name. He couldn’t doubt that because her name was on those case papers.

   He didn’t know what he’s supposed to think or do, he stood up hesitating and quickly walk away throwing the file onto the table. All he could think about at the moment is that he doesn’t want to bump into her on his way out of the building. 

   He was half running half walking, it was like the faster he got away from the building, the further away he was from that file and the less he had to realize the extent of the lie Jenna managed to feed him. He hated her. 7amad didn’t want anything to do with her. He couldn’t believe it and for some reason he thought there was so much more to what the file held.