Chapter 4 parallel universe. part 2

Mr. Salem ?" Those words pulled Salem out of his memories. He turned to Salwa and said:




-"Right..my father and mother broke into a company..and they were killed like dogs. I don't deny it..but..didn't anyone wonder why they did this thing?..everything has a reason. non-lethal."




 




 Salwa said with a foul smile:




-"These are absurdities. The criminal remains a criminal, and if they do not do that, the criminals may kill them at that moment." He looked back at the dancing tongues of fire, and said in a tired voice, without taking his eyes off the strange scene:




-"They did this in order to get money, and to save their daughter..after the officials refused to help them..as if they were going to pay from their pockets..but she died..my sister died in my hands, and I am running with her from one hospital to another..but they all refused to accept her. They were looking at us as if we were a rotting cadaver."




 He raised his eyes to the sky to prevent his tears from falling. He continued saying:




-"Money..is..do you know this feeling?..it is..".




She said, her eyes narrowed:




"This is the reality we live in."




 




He lowered his eyes. With a few tears running down his cheeks, he said in an indignant tone:




-"I have always hated this disgusting reality and everything in it. This whole life is sickness, treachery, betrayal, murder, grinding, squeezing, and kneading...this life is nothing but a curse!"




 




 And he sighed softly:




-"Didn't you ever wish to go to a fairyland?...or perhaps fly in the sky. Or fly on the back of a dragon. And sail over rivers floating in the sky. And watch whales swim in the air..." And bluntly, she said:




"No. I'm choosing realism over this madness. I think you should pay attention and focus on where you live. Mr. Fantasy."




- "Have dreams become madness? .. Maybe I am crazy.. If my desire to leave this world is madness, so be it, yes, I am crazy." Salem burst out laughing until tears in his eyes. Pointing to the sea, he says: 




"The madness has come here."




 




 But he was not laughing at the blue tongues of fire, but what came out of them, as a skeleton came out , his sockets were burning with fire, and he was carrying a sword.




He took the skeleton , circled around Salwa, and turned to Salem , as if to say what this being is.




 The skeleton put his face in front of Salwa . As if he wanted to kiss her.




Salem smiled a crazy smile from this scene. Salwa thought he was enjoying the crazy talk, and started making fun of her. That's why her eyes narrowed. How could this disgusting creature make fun of her, if she didn't need this press interview, she would have spit in his face.




 




"My advice to you, sir, is to have some friends."




 




 The man was staring at her vaguely, as if he was looking at you, and at the same time he did not see you. Salwa began to feel itchy in her nose, then she felt a chill as something soft touched her neck and ears, and she thought that the wind was making her hair dance around her. She is possessed by the narrow gaze of an idiot man. She said in a loud, sharp voice that pulled Salem out of his stupor.




"I'm talking to you, Mr. Salem! "




- "Uh, yes. Friends. It is. This. There is no.. Can't you see anything around you?"




-"I hope you calm yourself down , Mr. Salem .. losing your family is something that no one can tolerate.. why are you looking at the sea now?" Salem rubbed his eyes and said :




"Sorry, I don't seem to be well.. this is really a lot.. anyway. I don't have friends, friendship is an illusory thing to me.. friendship is like a tree whose leaves fall a lot. In my case, my tree was withered, even without branches. ". She said, removing strands of hair from her face.




-"Life is wonderful and beautiful, sir, even with what you pretend.. you must love life and go on with it."




Salem narrowed his eyes and said:




"I pretend.. How can you say that, as if what happened to my family was the imagination of a sick person.. How wonderful.. you really.. well, this is nothing new anyway.. look at me, is this the view of a man in Thirty? It's as if I'm in my fifties... What a wonderful life you are talking about... Have you finished what you want, man? ".




 




 She said dumbfounded:




"Mister, this impudence, we're on the air !" Salem ignored it . As if the woman were nothing but a rude child, he turned to the photographer, who seemed astonished, and said to him:




- "How amazing she is, she talks to people rudely, and can't stand people's rudeness... But... I don't care about anyone, and I didn't offend anyone."




 




 He looked at the woman out of the corner of his eyes and continued:




"You said don't call me a woman." And he looked at the skeleton that was back standing next to him, like a soldier coming from under the graves. And he thought: What madness is this.. I must be at the tenth level of the Peeing from ear. And he remembered one of the old Arab films, when everyone in the movie was shouting: Zucchini ! Zucchini ! Zucchini ! Zucchini . And he laughed at this thought.




-"Go to hell..I am a distinguished journalist, and you must address me, by saying, Sir, you insignificant human being."




-"This will never come true, woman, for I will not call anyone my master or my lady, for we are not in the time of slaves. I abhor this word... Shall I offer you juice to calm your nerves." 




"You guys will not be able to afford me!".




 




 Salem said:




-"You seem to watch a lot of cheap movies. I used to present this to you as a respectable Arab man."




 




 I murmured wearily:




"Yes, yes, an authentic Arab." Salem took a look at it, and said to leave him alone. He was starting to get weary of this woman, of the skeleton , of everything:




-"I know this look you give me..it's spinsterhood..you must be spinster.. early spinster. He threw a shell at her. It is these words. Her neck turned red, the veins swelled on her face, and her lips trembled. For a moment she wanted to pounce on him, tearing his throat with her nails.




 




I heard a stifled laugh from behind her, and that increased her anger. But she wouldn't lose her professional style, at least, not in front of the camera, she knew this wasn't a live show, and she was telling the guy it was so to behave. This meeting will pass on TV after removing the unnecessary scenes, but it will not give the channel a chance to make fun of it. She held her breath.




 




No. I won't look at the camera.. I need to regain my calm. He's crazy like all the scum I've dealt with. No. He seems the most troubled of them.. There is no doubt that he killed many people, a despicable criminal.. His face is as rigid as a stone, only his eyes move here and there, without changing his facial features..




 Even when he laughs. No wonder he frightens everyone on the channel.. I don't know if he is a young man or an old man.. This man confuses people, and above all that he is ruthless to women with his words.. He hits women below the belt without pity.. Did he make women go crazy? of his words. . maternal aunt!! 




 




She had seen a puzzling case, that some young female journalists had given an interview to this man, in order to go to fame. The man was an enigma that baffled the whole country as he was going to kill the governor on the pretext that the governor had killed his family, but then, he became the governor's private secretary.. After only a few days, Salem quit work, making the governor exasperated.




And strangest of all, he slapped the ruler several times live, without the ruler showing the slightest movement. Even his guard giants ignored this thing.




For this reason, they wanted to clear this perplexing puzzle, and go for quick fame. Instead, they hurried to the hospital, in crazy hysteria, and did not leave the hospital, until several months later. After leaving the hospital, they left their jobs in journalism.




 One hundred women said exactly the same thing. It is puzzling that each of them does not know the other, and each of them met the man alone at different times.




 




No one believed the girls, and they accused them of doing it for fame. And when Salwa checked this madness, and went to one of the girls, and as soon as she spoke of Mr. Salem , the girl fell into such violent hysteria that she shivered like a leaf, wailed, wept, cried, and did not calm down until her husband injected her with a special medicine.




 




And then. She didn't want to talk about it at all, and kicked Salwa out of her house rudely.




Yet she did not tire. I went to all the girls. The result was more violent than the first girl. So I went to a friend at the police department, and he had her look at the case files.




And when she began to read the sayings of the girls, she burst into crazy laughter, for they were the same: When the decisive questions began, the beast-man began to change, as his eyes turned into glowing golden jewels that burnt the skin, and his fangs and fingernails became like knives, and his hair turned silver, and began to wave. until it flooded the entire room .




These words were childish, not worthy of female journalists. He might have made them drink something that causes hallucinations, but... When I read the questions asked by the girls, I realized that they were lucky in, that the moron didn't kill them. They were questions that touched his mother's honor, and she described things that could not be said.. such as practicing debauchery and prostitution, in order to collect money for her daughter.




And the strangest. It was the man who took them to the hospital. They may have chosen those questions to make the man agitated and confused, but they brought the madness to themselves. And the man himself says that they made him angry, and he does not know the reason for their madness.




 




That is why no one wanted to interview him, fearing that they would suffer the same fate. But when she saw his eyes glowing the color of gold, she trembled in panic. She almost believed these girls, but she held herself back, and began to think that this was illogical, and convinced herself that the sun was the cause or something.




And she said to herself: Let them fear him as they wish, I am not so naive to believe these absurdities, I will have this meeting, and I will make a big step forward in my career, no one will stop me, even if he is mentally disturbed. I'll tame him like a dog, then put my questions in his ribs like knives, and finish him off. You may enjoy scaring girls, but I'm a predatory lioness my dear.. you won't stand in front of my future, whoever you are, I will crush you!.




With this mind. She raised her chin proudly, and stared at the lunatic man in front of her with a prestige befitting a butcher preparing to butcher, and said:




"Your words are worthy of your position, sir... but allow...". Salem interrupted her words, with a finger pointing to her left side. Salwa turned to the place automatically, and a ball hit her in the face. Her head shook violently and her blond hair was scattered, she slipped from her mouth with a cry, and staggered back, falling into a hole covered with newspapers, hidden by the deception of a petty criminal.




 




She sank to her waist, and her face hit the sand.




Two young men came to her, and they apologized. But she snarled at them to get her out. As soon as the two young men approached her, they retreated back in panic, as Salwa took out a knife, and tried to stab the two young men, saying:




"I will castrate you if you touch me, you sheep!" The two young men flew over the sand, at the speed of their escape. And whoever directed it was Khaled) the cameraman), who put the camera aside. She shrieked and groaned, until she stopped breathing, and spat out all the sand from her mouth.




She glared over Khaled, who told her the camera was still working.

Chapter end