Shattering Constraints

Chapter 3

Sultan called Omar's friend and said, "Where are you?
Which hospital are you in?
Send me the address, I'm coming right now.
" I asked Sultan, "Please, brother, take me with you.

" Sultan replied, "Tell your mother and bring her along too. I'm waiting for you in the car."

I mustered up the courage to tell my mother, "Mom, Omar has had an accident.

" As soon as she heard the news, she almost fainted.
I caught her and said, "Mom, calm down, be strong.

" I called out Harim, to bring some water.
Harim brought the water, and I gave it to my mother to drink.

After she drank the water, I said, "Mom, we need to hurry.
Sultan is waiting for us in the car.

Don't worry, Omar will be fine, God willing.
" I tried to reassure her and comfort her, and we prepared to leave for the hospital with SultanWe arrived at the hospital.

The three of us went to see Omar, and when we saw him, we noticed that he had a bandage on his head, but he wasn’t seriously injured.

Omar said, "Why are you all so worried? It was just a small accident; nothing happened to me."

Sultan scolded him and said, "You could have been more careful."

He then told Omar's friend, "At least you could have informed me that Omar wasn’t seriously hurt and that he was alright.

" Omar apologized, and our mother said, "Okay, let's forget about the apologies; thank God my son is completely fine.

" Sultan spoke to the doctor, who said that we could take Omar home in two hours.

A week had passed, and Omar was completely fine.

My mom and I were going to Hamad's house to visit his sister.
I was wearing a white dress and a pink shawl, which looked quite pretty on me.

My mom looked at me and said, "You look very beautiful Then we arrived at Hamad's house.

His mother was very surprised to see us because we hadn't met them since my father passed away Then we sat down.

We were also wealthy, as our house was very large, but I was amazed to see their house;
it looked like a palace.

Then Isra came in. Isra was Hamad's sister, and she was quite beautiful. She was two years older than me.

and both of us liked Isra very much. During this time, Hamad arrived; he greeted his mother and then, upon seeing me, was left speechless. I also greeted him, and then we went back home.

"mom  told Sultan that I really like Isra and I'm planning to visit her house again tomorrow to discuss a potential relationship. Sultan replied, 'As you think is best.'

That night, I went to my room and Hareem asked me a lot of questions about Isra's appearance.

I replied that Isra was indeed very beautiful, and I shared my thoughts about her with Hareem.

Hareem then announced that she was going with Mom to meet Isra the next day.

I said, 'Okay, you go ahead.

' However, I had one concern on my mind: I didn't like the way Hamad looked at me.

The next morning, we had breakfast together.
Mom suggested that I and Hareem both accompany her to Isra's house.

I declined and told Mom not to take me along, as I wasn't in the mood to go.

Mom agreed and I left for college."At college, I had a lot of conversations with Salar and enjoyed myself a great deal.

After that, I came home. When I arrived, I saw that Mom was very happy; she had just returned from Isra's house and was discussing something with Sultan.

I went to my room, freshened up, and came back to see that Hareem was also very happy.

She said, 'Do you know what happened?'

I asked, 'What is it? Did they agree?'

She replied, 'No, that's not the big news.' I pressed her to tell me what was going on.

Hareem explained, 'When Mom and I went there and talked about the relationship, Hamad's mom said that after seeing you two, she and Hamad's dad were considering coming to our house to ask for your hand in marriage.

They requested some time to think about it.
I'll talk to Isra's dad, and if he agrees, we will say yes.

They also mentioned that they are ready to arrange the weddings of Hamad and Isra together if we agree to your proposal.