When Menna returned home, she went directly to her mother's room and barged in, startling her mother, who was staring at the photo that she was holding.
Sahar glared at her rude behavior and scolded her, but Menna wasn’t in the mood to care about her behavior. She went closer to her mom, looked into her eyes, and asked, "Why did my dad leave us, mom? I need to hear the truth, and only the truth, please."
Menna pleaded; she didn’t know what she wanted to hear. She hoped that her mom would tell her the same story that she has always told: that he left them because he wanted a boy, not a girl; he left because he didn’t love them; he left because he and his family didn’t treat them; he left because he and his family felt ashamed to have a baby girl as a daughter and grandchild.
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