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sometimes a person can't understand who he is without encountering his own past hussein usually went to his office
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in the morning in his private chauffeured car but this morning was different again that familiar tightness
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had settled on his throat when he opened his eyes he felt as if everything had
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lost its meaning just like that without saying anything he took off his simple
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suit in the back room and put on the cheap trousers and coat he bought at a Sunday he just put coins in his pocket
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no credit card no wallet no phone he was going to run away today too from your
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own life he left the security gate without even being seen by his own
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driver he started walking towards one of the slums of the city it was cold the
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morning frost was cutting his face but this strange feeling inside her was getting in the way of even the cold
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something was going to happen today his heart was whispering this he stood in front of a bakery with
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a spilled brown paint and a broken sign there were one or two old women in the queue hussein got in line the queue was
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moving slowly an old radio was playing in the oven the smell of bread surrounded the place like nostalgia
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just then a young woman walked in his hair was unckempt he had a faded coat on
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he approached the baker's counter with a timid attitude whispered something without noticing anyone the baker shook
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his head slightly then bent down to the basket under the counter and took out some dry bread the woman bowed her head
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as if thanking him and left quickly without looking at anyone
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Hussein couldn't take his eyes off that woman there was shame in his eyes no it
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was not a shame that came from poverty it was something else a deeper
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older sadness "what are you doing Hussein?" he muttered to himself "you're
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just watching as usual," he went out angry with himself but the woman had
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already disappeared from view "then maybe he could go and do something he would give her a bag full of fresh bread
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maybe something else." But he did nothing just like he hasn't done many things in his
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past when he returned home the woman's eyes were not going out of his sight he
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could not sleep that night and that night he had that dream for the first time the young woman was buying dry
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bread in the same oven in the same way hussein was watching again but this time
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the dream continued the woman got out entered the narrow streets hussein followed him they
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passed through dusty streets made their way between decrepit walls the woman
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finally entered an old shanty with a gray door hussein had woken up at that
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moment his heart was beating fast it was as if that house was
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real he went out with the first light of the morning it's that coat again it's
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the same neighborhood again he went to the bakery bought three fresh loaves
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then he started walking like in a dream his heart was beating faster at every
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turn of the street it was as if the dream had been a guide and there that
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corner that door that wall it was real
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he excitedly approached the door held his breath for a few seconds then he plucked up courage and knocked on the
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door a muffled sound came from inside the door is open he opened the door it
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was an old dim little house he advanced into the room from which the sound had
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come there was an old man sitting in the middle of the room he was looking at Hussein he froze this guy it seemed so
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familiar to him but how neither of them could speak for a while they looked eye
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to eye then Hussein's gaze shifted to the embroidered ring on the man's
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finger and that moment the bread in his hand fell to the
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ground the outer door opened the same woman came in he had a bag in his hand
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he approached the old man "are you all right father?" he said then turned to
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Hussein and said "Who is this gentleman?" he asked hussein's eyes were
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locked on the old man only one word poured from her trembling lips
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father and at that moment everything froze years longings
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pains in silence the old man answered with tears that word had fallen into the
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house like a bomb dad the young woman was frozen where she was hussein's eyes
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were still locked on the ring on the old man's hand there was a small figure of a
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pine tree carved in the middle of a golden circle he had seen the same figure on the finger of the man whose
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hand he had held as a child that pine tree symbolized the little tree that they had cut down together from the
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forest during their poorest but happiest years the old man's lips trembled it was
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as if he had been silent for a thousand years and didn't dare to say a word now
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his eyes were fixed on the man standing opposite "are you are you Hussein?" he
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said in a muffled voice hussein shook his head slowly "my no one could speak for a few seconds
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time had stopped then the old man got up trembling staggered a step hussein was
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thrown forward by reflex they both hugged in the middle the burden of the years the questions that were never
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asked the answers that were never given flowed away in that hug at that moment
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only the heart was speaking time distance poverty wealth all were left
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out of this embrace the young woman was watching in amazement "father who's this
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one who really is this guy?" said the old man his voice was muffled but peaceful this This is my son the one I
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lost my son who was forcibly taken away from me the woman's eyes grew big he
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dropped the bag in his hand your son
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my Is this my brother at that moment the last gap in
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Hussein's heart fell into place this is the young woman this shyl looking young
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woman buying dry bread he was her brother years later they met in the same
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neighborhood in the same poverty fate had brought them together on the same street without them noticing hussein
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collapsed to the ground he held his head with his hand she cried quietly deeply
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he turned to his father "why did you leave me father?" "Why?" said the old
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man stretched out his arm gently sat down next to him i didn't leave you my son i just got
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desperate when your mother died I couldn't take care of both you and your brother i had no job i had no home i
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didn't want you to fall into the street when they said they'd pick you up they
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gave you up for adoption to a rich family so that you can have a better life but I didn't know that they would
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forget you they would tear you away from us the woman sat quietly tears streaming
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from her eyes i've never known you brother but I've been dreaming about a
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man for years he always had his back turned but there was a connection in me
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i understand now hussein put his hand on his sister's shoulder i also didn't know
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why I came here why I've always been drawn to these streets it turns out my
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heart was looking for you they talked for hours that day hussein asked the questions that have been
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accumulating for years his father told me crying how he was left alone how he
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worked day and night to raise his daughter how he was always looking for his son but he couldn't get a trace of
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him hussein told me how he grew up in luxury but with an emotional barrenness
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that the people who called him my family never showed him love that everything but everything is
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missing the woman that is Hussein's sister said her name was
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Zara she works for minimum wage in a textile workshop in the neighborhood takes care of her father and delivers
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meals to orphaned children with the remaining money in the evenings zara's heart was so pure that
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Hussein was ashamed of himself his conscience was worth millions of his own
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hussein did not return to his home that night he spent the morning in the same old house in the cedar in his father's
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room he looked at a faded photograph that had hung on the wall during the night it was an old photo there were
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three people her father her mother and a baby on her lap himself there was a deleted date on the
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back of the photo and underneath is a note written in his father's handwriting
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we will get together again one day deck maybe at the beginning of a street maybe
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in a dream as the morning sun filtered through the window of the old house Hussein opened his eyes there was peace
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in the room but a mess inside he put his hand to his forehead his head achd what
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he was thinking about last night had created a huge vortex in his mind dreams
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old photos her father's voice Zara's trembling lips they were all passing
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before his eyes again but the morning was peaceful when he came down to the
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kitchen Zara was preparing breakfast tea olives cheese on the table but
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everything was simple hussein sat at the table never spoke zara asked softly "Are you all
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right brother?" Hussein was silent for a moment then he nodded slowly i feel like this
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in the morning for the first time in a very long time it feels real zara smiled
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it's the truth anyway you're in your own house you're in your own family we don't
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need anything you have as long as you're here these words warmed Hussein's
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insides but at the same time caused him to face an embarrassment he had become the owner of an entire empire but he had
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lost his soul your conscience your roots in fact he has never had any money
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to buy love after breakfast Hussein sat in his father's old living room he
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looked around yellowed newspapers on the walls an old radio a patched up rug on
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the floor but everything was sincere everything had happened at that
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moment the phone in his pocket rang he was looking for the secretary sir there is a board meeting
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today the lawyers came too in addition investors from abroad are waiting for
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you hussein bowed his head forward i can't come today cancel the meeting and
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tell the lawyers to postpone it the secretary was stunned "sir investors
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were very important have more important things to do," Hussein said in a determined voice and he hung up the
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phone zara put her head out of the room your place of business yes but they're not
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everything anymore zara averted her eyes can I have a request said of course say
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whatever you want Hussein said immediately you know those kids in our neighborhood you know who don't have
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parents help comes to them once a year that's not enough either you maybe you
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can do something hussein's face became serious without taking his eyes off Zera
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he said sincerely "I will." That afternoon Hussein went for a
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walk in the neighborhood he passed through old narrow streets when the children saw him they looked at him with
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curious eyes torn jerseys holy shoes but there was light in his eyes he went to
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the old school in the neighborhood he introduced himself to the manager and said he wanted to help the manager was
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puzzled "really?" said "So far there has not been a business person who has come
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here and offered to help." Hussein shook his head "i want to do something
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permanent here it's not just help educational support health food even
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psychological support." The manager thanked him with his eyes full this
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neighborhood will never forget you but Hussein was just getting started when he returned to his house on the evening of
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the same day there was someone waiting for him the vice chairman of the board of directors of the company is Bahadur
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his tie was loosened his face was tense you have forgotten us Mr
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hussein at today's meeting investors waited the partners are worried what
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kind of mood is this hussein replied quite calmly i am living the real life Bahadur
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i'm breathing for the first time in a long time let me breathe a little bahadur frowned these conversations are
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not pleasant if things work out that way shareholders may have to make some decisions hussein stood up his eyes were
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steady make those decisions but I think that I should no longer direct the company to me but my company so things
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are going to change bahadur left in anger but Hussein was comfortable inside
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when night came he sat down to a table with Zara and his father again potted food bread
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pickles but the heart is full of peace as Zara got up from the table she
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handed an envelope to Hussein my mother wrote this many years ago just before he
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passed away dad always hid it hussein opened the envelope with trembling hands
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my Hussein maybe one day you will read this letter they took you away from us so
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that your life would be good but we've always loved you i know you'll be back
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one day your heart will bring you if you are reading these lines the family has
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forgiven you and you should forgive yourself too because no wealth can
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replace the love of a son there was a note at the end of the letter love your father protect your
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sister and stay human Hussein stay human hussein could not hold back the tears
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that night Hussein was truly reborn zarah had gone to the bakery early in the morning hussein was sitting in the
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garden his father was watching his son from behind the window with old eyes he
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was proud but there was a bitterness in him because he had carried the burden of
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the past alone for many years he believed that now it was time to put another piece of that burden on his
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son's shoulders hussein he said going down to the garden with heavy steps and
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approaching him may I have a word hussein shook his head of course
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father the old man sat down on a stool he put his hands on his knees and took a
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deep breath zara she's a strong girl but she went through a lot as a child after
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the death of your mother I was working and he stretched out his arms to his brother but there was something he was
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hiding from us i found out years later but it was too late then hussein
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attention has been stopped something like what at the age of 14 he started working at a bakery in the neighborhood
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the owner of the bakery he was married but he would not let Zara out of his sight
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later Zara left the oven after a few months I noticed that he had changed he
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became silent she started crying at night later I found out that the man had
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tried to approach Zara by force hussein clenched his fists his
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throat was knotted that man where is he now he has moved out of the city we
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covered up the incident so as not to tarnish Zara's name but since that day
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Zara has developed both a hatred and an obsession for bakeries he always set up
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the same type of oven the same smells the same layout it's like he wants to
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take something back but then too he always ran away from love from love
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hussein's eyes were filled this darkness behind Zarah's smiling face burned her
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inside at that moment he realized that his brother's smile was just a veil that
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he had covered over the suffering just then a notification came to the phone it was from the former
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company partner Bahader the extraordinary board of directors will meet tomorrow at 10 trout if you
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disagree we will remove you from the presidency the shareholders don't want to see you in the company
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anymore hussein quietly put the phone in his pocket he turned to his father i don't
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care what they think but you Zara and I won't let the neighborhood
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down that night Zara returned late from the bakery it was covered in flower but
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there was a twinkle in his eye hussein asked looking into her eyes zara do you
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want to share your past with me zara stopped for a moment his shoulders
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slumped it was as if a burden he had been carrying on his back for years had suddenly become heavier he sat down in
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the chair bowed his head "brother I know Dad told you about it i'm not ashamed of
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what happened to me but there are things I should be ashamed of that day that guy
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I had to shut up because no one heard my voice i didn't have a mother my father
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was working you weren't there and then that man left but it stayed in me
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hussein bowed his head i would like to find out who did this to you but I know that your recovery will not be through
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my revenge how can I help you Zara zara took a deep breath i want to establish a
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bakery workshop for women in this neighborhood let them learn a profession and stand on their own feet will you
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support me until the end hussein said decisively the next day Hussein decided
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to go to the company he wore a simple suit over it he didn't use his car he
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used a car when he entered the company he had difficulty recognizing the security guards the beard on his face
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his simple clothes that old Hussein was gone there was silence when he entered
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the meeting room the managers investors lawyers around the table were looking at him like ice bahadur stood up welcome
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back you've kept us waiting for a long time hussein sat down in the chair i
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have not come to keep you waiting but to watch this company has turned into a structure burning with profit ambition
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you have destroyed man conscience compassion i saw it more clearly when I
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was away one of the investors decamped we need numbers not emotional speeches
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hussein smiled let me give you a figure there are 200 children living in this
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neighborhood every year without help 90 women are working under economic violence but now 10% of this company
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will be transferred to these neighborhoods children women because I'm still the president and I have the power
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to make this decision it's a mess bahad stood up angrily you can't do such a
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thing i can because I still own the majority of the shares and if I can't
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change this company I'm going to sell them all and bury this money on the streets at least one more child won't go
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to bed hungry the meeting fell into silence the same night Zarah received a
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phone call the caller was an elderly woman from her old neighborhood zarah my
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daughter that old Baker guy he's back in the neighborhood he's asking for you be
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careful girl be careful zara's hand began to shake and a shadow he was
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looking at Zara from the bottom of the electricity pole in front of the oven the night was quiet the street lamps of
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the neighborhood were lit with a flickering jaundice the wind was tossing garbage left and right zarah who was
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looking out of the oven window was rubbing her hands under the influence of the phone she had just received his eyes
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became fixated on the shadow moving at the foot of the lamp post he felt an indescribable shudder run through him
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when Hussein came to Zara he frowned when he saw her like this has something
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happened zara shook her head they called from the neighborhood that guy he's the old baker
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he's back here he was asking about me i don't know why he came back but there's
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something wrong with me hussein stood up give me your name no Zarah said raising
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her voice for the first time i won't let you get blood on your hands even if he deserves it I will no longer live in
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fear of him but I'm not going to run away this time either anger flashed in Hussein's eyes but he respected his
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brother's determination all right but you're not alone i will protect you no matter
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what the next morning someone left a black envelope on the oven window there
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was an old photo in the envelope zara in front of the bakery 14 years old that's
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the guy behind him and a note in the envelope let's talk about our unfinished business ebid the same clock zahra's
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eyes misted it up while holding this note in her hand so he's still living
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with the same arrogance he still thinks I'm scared hussein took the note read it out
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of the corner of his eye he will come there but he will find me not you zara
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shook her head from side to side no this is my past i'll face it that evening they met in front of the
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abandoned old bakery outside the neighborhood hussein was watching a little behind from behind a tree the man
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was a man who walked with a cane his face was wrinkled now but his eyes were still shining with the same fertive gaze
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you've grown up he said but your eyes are still the same zara stood upright my
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childhood has been ruined because of you but I'm not afraid of you anymore i give
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hope to women in this neighborhood without being overshadowed by people like you the man approached i didn't
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hurt you only I cared about you a little too much zara clenched her teeth your
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sense of value is like a rotten apple you poisoned everything you came near
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the man burst out laughing you are still weak it's just that your tongue has
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grown but your soul is still that little girl just at that moment Hussein quickly
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appeared the man drew back in surprise "you will never get so close to you
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again," Hussein said "we told the police everything the women in the neighborhood
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will also complain there's no one to protect you anymore the man raised his cane tried to attack but Hussein
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reflexively grabbed the cane and pressed it down hard the man fell to the ground
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zara leaned over to the man's face i don't pity you because I couldn't even
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touch myself for years because of you but now I'm looking at your face and
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saying goodbye to my past the man was handcuffed when the cops arrived hussein
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and Zara sat in silence for a long time on the sidewalk opposite the bakery in the silence of the night there was only
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the palpitation of their hearts the next morning Zarah started to set up the bakery workshop together with
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the women young girls old women widows in the neighborhood they all gathered
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around Zara they were no longer kneading the dough with flour but with hope
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hussein watching them from a distance his father came to him i'm proud of you
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my son but what are you going to do for yourself hussein bowed his head i don't
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know yet Dad it's like something's missing that deficiency was inside a small library that was just opened in
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the neighborhood a few days later a young woman had set up the library together with the women of the
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neighborhood she was a woman with blunt hair glasses smelling of books
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when Hussein came in he made eye contact with that woman the woman smiled are you
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looking for a book or yourself hussein was surprised the woman held it out
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smiling those who can't hold on maybe you'll find yourself hussein got up early in the
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morning zarah had already opened the oven door and started to ferment the dough the neighborhood had not yet woken
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up from its slumber the silence was a reflection of a new peace that had enveloped Hussein in recent days he no
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longer had nightmares at night he did not wake up in the morning with that overwhelming emptiness in his heart but
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still something inside of him didn't quite fit into place as he sat in front
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of the oven and slowly ate the hot cake that Zara gave him for breakfast his eye
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fell on the children in the neighborhood before he would stay away from them not
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even look at their faces now he is watching them with a sincere smile
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thinking about his own childhood his own childhood had passed through his life
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like a faint incomplete unwanted
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shadow zarah closed the oven a little early that day he approached Hussein
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with a file in his hand someone from the municipality left this yesterday it's about you hussein took the file inside
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there were a number of official documents from previous years population records and several old letters one of
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them was an official correspondence belonging to the adoption process of Hussein many years ago a note was
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attached at the U bottom of the page after the application made by Zar's
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mother to the social services about the child the father of the child was voluntarily handed over it is known that
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her mother was excluded from the process due to her health condition hussein's throat was knotted so my mother there
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really was he was alive zara averted her eyes i heard something from my mother
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but I didn't understand it when I was a child and I didn't know who you were back then either hussein read the
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documents over and over again each sentence illuminated another corner of his life shed light on the dark points
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of the past her mother was not dead he just hadn't been able to get through the years and now there wasn't even a chance
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of reaching that woman anymore because the note at the bottom of the document had the following
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sentence information has been received that he was buried in the cemetery of
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the orphans during his period of illness hussein collapsed into a chair i've been
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looking for years he died and left without ever knowing her i've never been able to forgive him
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either zara remained silent his eyes were full too maybe he has forgiven you
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brother maybe he never blamed you because love sometimes forgives without
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speaking hussein wiped away tears somewhere inside him he cracked with
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that sentence through the cracks a light that had been waiting for years was
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filtering in that night Hussein went for a walk alone the old garbage pile on the edge
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of the neighborhood was cleaned up and a small park was built in its place he sat
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on the bench he raised his head to the sky the moon was hazy but it was still
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there he closed his eyes and whispered "Mother I've never known you but I've
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always been looking for your voice inside me now I know the only thing you
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wanted to give me from the very beginning was love and I found him in Zara." At that moment footsteps
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approached it was Zara he sat next to her in silence neither of them spoke and
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there was no need the silence no longer carried emptiness but
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agreement the next morning when Hussein came to the bakery the children were lined up in front of him holding
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something in their hands small papers each of them had a word that the children wrote with their
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own hands thank you Uncle Hussein hussein was surprised by what happened
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to him at that moment zara approached from behind they are all grateful to you
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for reading books to them for making them clean the streets for hanging their drawings in the oven they are all
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grateful to you you have changed the interior of this neighborhood a child
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handed the notebook on his lap to Hussein i drew the inside for you
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there's your heart in there hussein opened the notebook a furnace had been
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drawn into the heart the hot bread that came out of it was rising towards the sky his eyes filled
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up i for the first time in my life I feel so complete inside it is not
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incomplete it is not dark it is not speechless real zara blinked the
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emptiness inside you he is filled with our love brother maybe we were all
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missing each other when it was evening Hussein stopped by the library he tapped
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the shelves one by one then picked up his favorite book The Alchemist his eyes
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were fixed on the following lines living your own destiny is the greatest responsibility of a person on earth and
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that night Hussein wrote something in his diary for the first time in years just three words at the top of the page
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