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- Was already occupied..
- Are you OK..?
I asked her directly, while studying the café ' s menu.. She wasn ' t her usual self and I could sense that.. She lit a cigarette answering:
- Yeah..
- Sure..? You don ' t look like your usual..
I let go of the menu and looked at her again confused.. Not used to her that serious and silent..
- Believe me, I ' m fine..
Her firm cold answer came so I didn ' t ask more.. It wasn ' t like I was going to die if I didn ' t know what was bothering her after all.. I asked the waiter who stopped by our table for a cup of heavy Nescafe.. I was feeling sleepy, and tiredness was killing me.. If I didn ' t have Some caffeine right now I ' d fall asleep in less than five minutes.. Maybe if I washed my face with cold water I ' d wake up a little..?
- I ' ll go to the bathroom till the order comes..
I rose as I told her that, and without waiting for her answer, I headed across the tables towards the bathroom..
- OK..
Her faint answer came, while I was avoiding two young boys racing, doing my best not to shout at them.. I hate kids at this damn age..
Inside the bathroom, all I could think of was how to convince her to talk to me about " Khalid ' s work and how to get rid of him, without being too obvious..