Nadeem was full of mixed feelings. Had he really wronged his father? What really happened?
Khaled: It was a perfect plan. Even the small details were arranged. Your meeting with Ghufran, who is my sister, was part of the trap. Also, cutting your finger and telling Ghufran you wanted to stay away—this was all to trap you, so you would try to steal from the place and fall into my trap, so you would apologize to Ghufran. Also, your destruction and deception were part of the plan, so the device would work and you would scream loudly, and the pressure on your father would increase. At first, he was confused. Even your psychiatrist was with us. Everything that happened was part of the plan.
And Mokhtar's whole story was fake. Many things didn't exist, like the delivery guy. All that was to make the trick more real.
Even when you drugged me, Ghufran was watching you to save me if you didn't call her. But the only unexpected thing was my father's death.
Nadeem cried but smiled while crying, like a madman, and said: I'm the one who killed your father, Khaled. He came to a certain disco, and I put a pill in his drink. It was poison that works after one week.
For the first time, Khaled's face changed from mocking to shocked, then a little angry.
Nadeem laughed: The feeling of tricking someone is amazing, man. And what if I told you something else?
Nadeem: The same pill I gave your father, I gave to you when you asked me to drink with you when I was tied up, before your sister came.
Khaled panicked: Damn you, what do you mean?
Nadeem, laughing: It means you'll die soon, just like your father, you idiot.
Khaled: You're insane!
Nadeem, clearly having lost control: Because of you bastards! You're the ones who did this to me. You destroyed me and my mother. I became insane. I killed my father—the one who tried to destroy me, then tried to save me. I don't understand anything anymore. Damn you all!
Khaled: It's true that everything was planned, but I never tried to kill you, you madman. But you did... Damn you! Why did you poison me?
Nadeem: I actually brought Ghufran to kill you before I betrayed her, but I gave you the poison as a backup plan in case she couldn't kill you. And that was the best decision, and he laughed like a crazy man.
Khaled cried and tried to kiss Nadeem's feet: Please give me the antidote or anything to stop the poison. I don't want to die—not after all this planning and hard work. I brought a lot of money. I'll give you half. Please have mercy on me.
Nadeem laughed loudly. His laugh was like a devil's.
He hit Khaled hard in the face.
After a few moments, Khaled cried from the pain in his stomach. He tried to speak and ask for help from Nadeem, but Nadeem kept laughing evilly.
Khaled died in front of Nadeem's eyes.
Nadeem truly lost his mind. He didn't know what to do in his life anymore. He said: No one ever loved me. Even my father hated me. And when he tried to become a better person, I became worse and killed him. I can't live in this sick world. I'm not the one at fault, not my father, not Khaled, not Ghufran. The world is the one at fault. It's the reason for all this pain. I can't handle it anymore. I lost all my desire to live in this life. I want a better place.
He said all this while crying hard.
He stood on the edge of the rooftop, ready to throw himself, saying: There's no place for the weak or the mad in this world. This world is for monsters only, and I'm not one of them no matter what I did.
He cried hard and continued:
I'm sorry, Mom. I'm sorry, Dad. I'm sorry to the one I loved the most before I betrayed her—Ghufran. Goodbye to everything.
And he threw himself and fell to his death in front of everyone.
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One week later…
Lawyer: You're very lucky, Reem. Your brother died, and now you will inherit all your father's fortune. Congratulations.
Reem thanked him.
She laughed and said: Sometimes life gives crazy luck to some people.
And she smiled widely.