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She padded on " Leila ' s hair nervously, while whispering in the most confident tone she could words about how they were going to get out of here safely.. The little girl didn ' t reply which made " Dalia " get scared thinking that her heart stopped from fear.. But she found her breathing normally and crying while cuddling herself, so she decided to leave her alone to calm down.. Shit.. If anything wrong happened to that girl " Dalia " would be history.. She felt " Mourad ' s hand patting on her left hand trying to calm her a little just like she was trying unsuccessfully with the child, but his attempt had the same fate as hers.. Not having enough courage to look at him, she shook her head silently, while taking a deep breath, and return her head to the back leaning on the mirror behind her since they were in the last row.. If she looked at him or talked to him, she would burst out crying, and she didn ' t want that now or " Leila " would get even more scared than she already was.. She couldn ' t put the whole blame on him because it wasn ' t that easy.. she led the girl herself willingly to this place, So they shared the guilt equally..
She couldn ' t say she hated him, because she agreed from the start on the stupid plan, but we could say that she hated herself a lot for letting it happen.. If she hadn ' t been stupid enough to agree from the first place, none of this would ' ve happened.. But it was too late to regret now.. What was important to think of now was what would happen next..? Would they still be alive till tomorrow comes..? Or the death of all the people here will be just another report in the evening news, announced by that fat reporter..?
She looked at the pulled down curtains that ' d cut all the relation they had with the outside world, as if the whole world disappeared and no one was left except for them.. Along came the sounds of cars, horns, or the sounds of people in the street.. Many uncaring sounds passing by from outside and disappear at the corner, as if the world didn ' t care for them at all, and their presence or absence wouldn ' t make a tiny difference..