Women and the challenge

chapter one Women and the challenge Written by Huda Mahmoud The snow is falling profusely, so you find the buildings were covered in white the color of snow, and with the snow falling and the cold weather, you find children enjoying playing with snowballs and throwing each other In the Bronx neighborhood, one of New York's neighborhoods, and the poorest of it, Diana, a beautiful twenty-five-year-old girl, comes out of one of the buildings wearing an almost dilapidated coat to take shelter in from the severe cold weather. On the tragic death of her parents while they took an overdose of cocaine, and there is no one left for her after their death, she is an American of Hispanic origin. Diana goes to a mall in New York City to look for a job, but when the person in charge of the mall sees her, he refuses to hire her because of her poor appearance. She goes to a lot of jobs but they are all rejected. Diana sat in one of the gardens, starving, praying, not knowing what to do, she found a child eating a sandwich and he fell from it on the ground and left it and walked. Diana rushes to pick it up and eat it, and on the opposite side of the garden sits Uncle David, an African American, at the age of sixty-eight years, since the death of his wife has become Alone, living alone in his mansion-like house, he had no children. While Diana was sitting in the garden, listening to two people who agreed to lure Uncle David, kill him and steal his money, Diana felt fear for this man, so she hurried to the police officer Carlos, who was wandering the garden to intervene in case of any problem, rushing to him and telling him, "Sir, there are two people who will By assaulting the person sitting there and stealing his money." Officer Carlos tells her, "How did you know that?" Diana says, "I overheard their conversation and knew what plan they were going to carry out against this poor man." Carlos rushed to call for support and went to the place where Uncle David was, so he saw the two people whom Diana had told him about assaulting the man, and one of them grabbed a knife and was preparing to stab Uncle David as he was called. They lay down on the ground in surrender, so they were arrested and taken to the police station. Uncle David tells Policeman David, "Thank you, you saved my life." Police officer Carlos says, "Don't thank me, the one who saved you was that girl sitting there." Uncle David goes to Diana and says, "My name is David, and you can call me Uncle David, I came to you to thank you for saving my life." Diana smiled and said, "No need to thank." Uncle David looked at Diana and said, "Take this money, it's your reward for what you've done for me." Diana smiles and says, "I did nothing to take a reward, and I can't accept money from anyone without work, I'm not a beggar, but if you want to help me, help me find a job." Uncle David smiled and said, "I have a big house and I live in it alone, and I can't take care of it. I hired a lot of housekeepers, but unfortunately they weren't honest and they robbed me several times, so I decided not to hire anyone again. How about you pity this poor man and work for him?" . Diana felt comfortable with Uncle David and asked him, "How much would you give me for my work as your housekeeper?" Uncle David smiled and said, "I'll give you fifty dollars." Diana smiles and says, "When can I receive work?" Uncle Kalos says, "From now on, if you want." Uncle David takes Diana home, and on the way home he meets Uncle. David has many children around him and Uncle David takes candy out of his pocket for them to take and they count happy, Diana looked at Uncle David and said, "It looks like Uncle David is a favorite of the kids here." Uncle David smiled and said, "I have no children, so I find happiness in children's happiness." Uncle David arrives at his big house, opens the door and enters, looks at Diana and says, "Diana, come in." Diana was astonished and said, "What is this big house, is this house really yours?!". Uncle David smiled and said, "You fascinate me, but I see it as a lonely house, especially at night. I find the time when Diana doesn't have to live alone, that's a very bad thing." Diana remembered the days she passed after the death of her parents and said, "I know what you're saying, I went through that after my parents died, I became lonely and the house that was full of laughter became a bleak and lonely house. Uncle David patted Diana on the shoulder and said, "Come on, go to the kitchen and make lunch. I'm very hungry." Diana prepares food to serve to Uncle David, and he asks you to sit down and share the food with him. Diana sits and eats greedily. Uncle David smiles and knows that she was very hungry. After finishing eating, Uncle David takes Diana to see the house and know the room in which she will stay, Uncle David opens the rooms and tells her There is nothing in it except for one closed room, he did not open it, and when Diana stood at the door of the room waiting to be opened, Uncle David tells her that he does not have her key and it is not necessary and says, "Do not try to open this room, it is not necessary to know what is in it. ". Diana marveled at Uncle David's insistence that she be told "not to enter this room." Uncle David goes to his room and leaves Diana, who kept cleaning and arranging the house until she felt tired and stressed, so I fell asleep. In the morning, Uncle David woke up and was surprised by the cleanliness and arrangement of the house. There is no need to be thankful" Uncle David is sitting in front of the TV and in his hand is an album of photos that he browses through as if he is recalling his memory with each photo of the album. Diana looks at him, approaches him, and he tells her, "Sit Diana until you see my pictures in my youth and youth." from this beautiful lady Uncle David's eye was filled as he told her that it was his wife whom he was madly in love with." Diana watched tears fall from Uncle David's eye, and she said, "Tell me, did you marry her after a love story?" Uncle David smiled and said: Yes, we got married after a strong love story. She treated me with passion She was a very beautiful woman who filled my life with love and tenderness I had a mother, wife, girlfriend, beloved, everything. Diana asks Uncle David, but what is the cause of her death? Uncle David answers and says: Maria could not have children, because she was barren. I used to hear her crying because she was very sad for that, and I always told her that I did not want children because they spread chaos everywhere, and I love order, and over the years my wife got sick With a serious illness, the doctors stood helpless in front of her illness, and at the last moments she was in great pain and sat down begging me to have mercy on her. Diana looked at Uncle David, who cried so hard and could not complete his story. Evening came and Uncle David lit the fireplace and sat in front of her thinking and recalling his memories, Diana is watching Uncle David, she is worried about him, so she decides to approach him and ask Uncle David do you want me to make you a cup of juice, Uncle David smiled and said to her: No, thank you Diana. Diana goes to her room thinking that Uncle David might want to sit alone. Diana is getting ready for bed thinking about Uncle David and feeling that he is hiding a big secret Suddenly she feels the movement of feet walking in front of her room door. She hurries and opens the door, but she finds nothing. In the morning Diana woke up and did not find Uncle David. She kept looking for in the palace, but she did not find him. She thought that he went shopping, so she goes to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, then puts him on the table. As she passes in front of the closed room, she is curious to know what is inside the room. She grabbed the door handle, getting ready to open the door, but at this time Uncle David returns home, with a small bag, Diana rushes to take the small bag from him, but he refuses to give it to her in a striking way, raising suspicion.