Uncertain Unity Can/Sanem

⚘Chapter-Eighteen⚘

The hug felt different...Sanems hands wound up around the womens shoulders....of their own accord. She felt a comfort she had never felt before....an Anne's love. Sanem couldn't remember her own Anne. Having lost her at a young age. The only Anne she'd known was her Abla. Sanem closed her eyes... inhailing a long breath, taking in her sent....so this is how it felt...the love of an Anne....it felt homly...like the smell of baking home made bread on a lazy sunday afternoon. Inhaling it all in. She...as a child coming in from playing outside. Running into her Annes arms...it felt like home. Keeping her eyes tightly shut so the feeling can linger a while longer.

"Love are you ok?" The woman asked.

Sanem realised she had let go of her. Yet she continued to hold on to her. Quickly dropping her arms to the side....before they all thought her crazy.

"I'..m...I'm sorry I didn't mean to... Mrs... Hmm" she stuttered.

"No...love It's ok...and it's not Mrs...it's teyze...or büyük teyze." The women told her.

Sanem took her hand and kissed the back...as a sign of respect.

"It's nice to me you...te...teyze."

"Come here boy..." She called Omer...who came to her side straightaway.

"Now introduce her properly."

"Teyze this is Sanem...my fiancee."

"That wasn't hard was it..." She said looking at Omer, "Now I want to know everthing...but first of all we need to get you settled in so you can freshen up and rest."

She introduced Sanem to the rest of Omers family....all teyzes and amcas. Omer had a really big family.

"You'll get used to it my love...it's all us oldies at the moment. But the young one's will be heading home for the wedding by next week."

Sanem felt a pang of guilt...next week she would be back home, all this behind her. Everyone had scattered away back, to what they had been doing. CeyCey and Guliz had also disappeared. It was just Omer his teyze...and Sanem in the courtyard. Teyze put her arm around Sanem's shoulder and started walking and talking with her leaving Omer standing there. Omer looked at Sanem nervously...which didn't really help her.

"So tell me about your self...how did you meet? Were you also working in Spain? What about your family?" Teyze asked...as they started to walk down the path.

"Yes I went to Spain six months ago... with Ayhan. I was came to work at the magazine...that's where we met. I have one Abla....my parents have passed on." Sanem explained short and sweet.

"I'm so sorry love..."

"It's ok...I was young I can barely remember them....my Abla raised me. She's my everything." Sanem had always been cautious about opening up to people...yet here she was telling her life story to a woman she had barely known for less then an hour. She had no idea what was happening to her.

"You mentioned Ayhan...do you mean CeyCeys...Ayhan?" Teyze asked pulling her out of her thoughts.

"Yes...yes she's my best friend."

"Why didn't she come here with you?"

"Well she went home to tell her Abi...."

"Oh...ok I see Yes...yes CeyCey did mention it. Now here we are...well this is the main house. The walk to the village is not long. We tend to use the main house when all the children are home."

"I'm really sorry Sanem...I really didn't mean to scare you. Look at Ceycey he told his Anne...as soon as. And my boy...he just announces it in front of everyone. It was a surprise... a good surprise...but we were not expecting it."