I take a cab outside the hotel, where until a few minutes ago, I was in the arms of my beloved husband, having a little of the happiness that Freddy and the people around us take care of absorbing.
I arrive at the restaurant where I have arranged with Khaled that it would be a good place to meet, I can't help but be nervous. My father-in-law's attitude in the last few days has been quite changeable... And the fact that Freddy is in jail, I know makes the picture more tense and unfair for me, after all, he is his son, and I am a newcomer who has come to congest the inequitable consequences of the Nasser family's mistakes.
I walk with an upright stride, the restaurant is not too crowded, which is both gratifying and reassuring to me. I wish I could calm Khaled, bring him to my side, and An
