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layan:




faisal was shouting through the phone.



he was livid. roaring like a lion




reem and i were in the same room, the living room. faisal was pacing around.



2 HOURS EARLIER

reem came over to our house and rang the bell that morning

i woke up to faisals vice grip around me, my face buried in his chest and his in my hair.

he grunted as she impatiently kept ringing. then he got up.

it was the cutest thing ever. he looked so confused and disoriented. like a 5 year old faisal.

he saw me smiling, then frowned.
" what?"

me:" your the cutest thing ever"

his frown depend, and he moved toward the door and opened it. reem came in and burst into tears.

she hugged me while faisal and i looked at each other with confusion

then reem spilled her guts about fahad and his secret trip.


BACK TO NOW

" INT SHLON RI7T MIN WARA THAHRY?!!"

faisal was outraged

wow.

" CHATHABT 3ALAY, LAISH?"

and thats when he decided to go up the stairs.

reem and i looked at each other.

me:" i think were intruding on there bromance moment"

reem:" layan theres something i need to tell you" she said, face pale.

me:" what?"

thats when faisal came downstairs fully clothed and with his passport in hand.

reem:" fahad is your brother"

faisal froze

i froze

he stopped talking

i looked at him

our eyes locked, and he looked terrified

me:" what?"

then ream burst into tears all over again and went out of the room.

faisal and i were in a staring competition.

he closed his phone, and slowly - a if i were an endangered animal- walked towards me.

faisal:" layan, fahad and you are half brothers"

he said quietly as he stood right in front of me and bent down.

his hands were on my shoulders and we were eye level.

me:" how, what? when, which side."

faisal:" you know which side" he barely said.

me:" baba. how could he do this to me? to fahad. "

faisal just looked at me quietly, as if expecting me to say something.

and i did

me:" we need to go find him"

he smiled. as if he knew i would say that all along.

then he kissed me

faisal:" thats my girl"





and faisal told me the story, the whole story..... of how fahad and i were to never know of each others existence. of how he was raised to take over all of my fathers business and how faisal would take care of me and my lil bro.... he told me why fahad left.. fahad was ashamed.

and then we went to the airport.


to find fahad, my brother.