“It’s funny for you and not for me, do you think I easily convinced myself of this thing?” “It’s never been a serious conflict between me and myself, and I only find that truth,” she said with great indignation.
“Violet, you act like a little girl who fought with her family and then convinced herself in one way or another that she was a bastard and then you came back to say in a dramatic way that you are not my family, our father treat us all in the same way” he said with fury.
“I would really believe your words if I were without feelings and I do not feel the difference between his treatment with me as a girl and his treatment with Julia”
He returned to look at her and then said: “Believe me, Violet, our father loves you so much and you will realize that later”
She tried to convince herself with those words to get rid of that feeling that she was suffocating heavily.
Albert’s car settled in front of a small house. The place was a complex of small houses that had a small front garden. All the houses were similar in shape and space, the design itself was quite the same except the color difference.
Albert gets out of the car as he takes his keys out of his pocket, he moves toward the door on the right side and opens it, there was an empty space in front of him where Albert took off his shoes at the doorstep and then Leonardo did the same, Albert walked a few steps until he reached a larger place, which seemed like a sitting room with one blue sofa and on the right side was a wooden table surrounded by six wooden chairs, But despite its simplicity and lack of furniture, but the sunlight that penetrates the glass of the window gives a very comfortable feeling.
“Planet Kepler is independent of the wishes of his ruler not to go back to Earth or to think about it, but the people of Gliza believe that coming here is salvation and happiness while we Earthlings live in hell. not the issue is to return to their original home, but the real issue is the elimination of persecution, the discrimination and racism that feed our lives “ Albert said,
Albert’s words were not easy to understand for Leonardo. He did not know of any desires and did not once get involved in these conversations. He devoted his life to only one thing, which made him throw himself in Earth in the first place.
Albert smiled after observing the silence of Leonardo, who appeared to him that he did not know anything and then said: “It seems that your situation is like the case of the inhabitants of the earth”
Once again, Leonardo chose to be silent because Albert’s words were bigger than his comprehension of things.
Leonardo approached the window and saw the houses, The place was like a desert, quiet and no sounds, and then said “In the planet Kepler the place is full of noise and movement”
“What do you expect from the people, his government put the sedatives in the water and foods” Leonardo’s eyes widened as he listened to the sarcastic words of Albert Then he said: “ what do you mean?”
Albert smiled to said as he looked at Leonardo: “I mean what I mean by the people of the Earth live in complete tranquility and their mind can only do their work and their duties, they are like machines”
It was terrible for Leonardo, this is a real crime, so they can not grumble or speak. Maybe if those tranquilizers were available on Kepler’s planet, Joseph will not reluctant to do what they were doing here but he thinks for a moment that Joseph would not need those tranquilizers, he imposes its control anyway.
“People here all suffer from the oppression of governments and authorities, but here they rely on a very malicious principle, which closes the eyes of the whole population for what is happening, everything that happens in secret without people knowing about it, while what happens on the planet Kepler is completely exposed, not like the Earth, here you will know nothing” Albert said.
“So how did you discover this thing?”
Albert was silent a little and then took out a pack of cigarettes from his pockets and put one between his lips as he lit it to say: “An accident has been arranged to kills me, A car bomb was just what they needed, but that car was not mine alone” he blew the cigarette smoke and then he followed “ The car was a partnership between me and my sister’s family and that day they were riding the car and they...” he silence without completing his phrase, but that was enough to make Leonardo understand, And continue: “After the death of my sister with her husband and their child, I disappeared from view, taking advantage of the absence of any bodies are complete and clear, they just a scattered pieces, I was in a difficult psychological state. I ate only a little, and even what I ate or drank was food from nature, like fruits and vegetables, because I moved away, where my fishing hut, I wanted to commit suicide. I had no motivation to live.” he stops a little and then deeply sigh and follow “They killed everything inside, their destruction of our feelings and our lives was never enough, they wanted to kill me, but they did much worse, They left me living a body without a soul, but when I was at the height of my suffering and pain I reborn again, Revenge and hatred all I fell, I’m on my way to eliminate them forever”
Leonardo felt broken as he listen to Albert and his grief, which makes it clear that he suffers a lot in every sense of the word. It was clear that he was someone who tragedies turn him into someone he never wanted to be.
“They will regret a lot and they see that everything around them is broken on my hands and because of me they will pay the price more expensive than they expected and then I will kill them all by myself and I will carry the title of the criminal on my chest because I wrote their end,” Albert said, and he gritted his teeth with anger.
It was clear to Leonardo that he would do so without hesitation But he tried to keep away those feelings of blackness from Albert for a moment: “ you scared me”
Albert smiled and he lit the third cigarette in a row and then said seriously: “I am not the kind of person who commits his revenge to all humans as Victoria, they created that monster inside me and they will only suffer the terrible consequences”
Puffs the rest of the cigarette then said:” saying what is inside me makes me feel relief a little, I never talk to someone about it since the accident, To keep it secret, but now I do not care, I play some games with them and burn their nerves. Even if they kill me, it would be fun for me, they will save me from my torment and from the waiting of time and revenge “
Leonardo thought that what Albert was suffering was a late stage of despair when death was considered joyful and salvation from everything, meaning that he had nothing to live for.
“You have to learn in the next few days all the basics about this place so you can penetrate the noise of their world, you must succeed in your task, this is a bigger matter than you imagine”
Daniel received permission to enter his father’s office. He saluted him and sat on the chair in front of the office.
He took a deep breath and then wishing inside, that it would pass easily and that there would be no battles. “Dad, can we talk about something important?”
Alfred completed his sentence, which he wrote on the book in front of him, then left the pen and looked at Daniel, wondering what he wanted to talk about this time.” What is the matter?”
Daniel gathered all his courage and he says with a rush: “it’s about Violet”
Alfred’s sharp looks, which almost swallowed him, were not something he did not expect from his father He knows exactly what is his reaction when talking about Violet specifically. He could not stop the beating of his heart, which accelerated with his father’s deadly looks, which caused a tremor in his body,
“I will act with you peacefully and remind you of my position about a girl does not interest me,” Alfred said.
he was furious with his father’s words: “How do you talk about my sister like that?”
Alfred’s features relaxed slightly and he realized that his son did not know about anything until now, he can not blame him any way he said very seriously as he released what he holds on his chest: “Not your sister
”
These words were very capable of making his body shudder and his heart to fall between his feet, felt very suffocation. But he could not utter anything has paralyzed the muscle of his tongue with the rest of his body, his father followed as he watching the reaction of his son surprised: “You are almost 18 years old and you know that you will take care of many important and secret things sooner or later and you should be aware of that fact so well that you must be fully prepared to get rid of it when you are asked to”
He did not know what his father was saying, so he could not believe that she was not his sister “Do you tell me, after all, this time that she is not my sister? She is even closer to me than my sister Julia. You must be kidding me or you are not fully conscious.”
“you will be away from her anyway and will not approach her more than this and warn you to talk about this fact until the time is right,” Alfred said.
“She is my sister and I will approach her and I will not allow you or anyone else to touch her badly and you will see that” and once he finished his sentence that made his father freeze in his place.
“Did they force you to do this job? “ Albert said, while Leonardo looking at the stone that was spread on the garden floor: “ something like that”
Albert puffed his cigarette smoke and he looked at Leonardo then said smiling: “It’s my turn to play detective, I want to know about you as much as you know about me”
Leonardo shook his head and his eyes were still hanging on the floor. Silence for a moment then took a deep breath and said: “I was in Joseph’s prisons when Victoria came and treated me like a magic lamp”
Albert smiled and he listened to Leonardo’s sarcastic sentence and then said: “This woman is very cunning,”
“She really turns into an angel until she reaches her desires, and becomes a demon more evil than Joseph” Albert looked at Leonardo and then said: “Why were you in Joseph’s prisons?”
“Nineteen years ago, I was living in a family that my mother took care of me she was so affectionate despite her husband who was supposed to be my father, he was beating her and humiliated her, It was not a family atmosphere at all, but she was the only one who makes me felt like I was her spoiled child. One day he went too far as hitting her hard. she was in the last capacity to bear it. I remember how tired she was, so she only said that I was not his child, he gets crazy and carrying the knife wants to kill her and she went out of the house begging people to save her from him to find the guards of the palace who saves her and send her to Joseph “
“and what next?” Albert said with curiosity.
“Then I did not see my mother,” Leonardo said and then added: “That man left me and then I get transferred to the training complexes, and of course, Joseph will not missing a young man from his own hands. He would only send me the planet Gliza as a guard under Victoria’s hands, and when I get older I planned to break into secret prisons where my mother is but unfortunately I been caught by Joseph’s guards.”
Leonardo silence as he felt Albert’s stare towards him and looked up from the ground then he said, smiling: “If I were not here now I would either be dead or I would receive a very harsh punishment”
Albert looked at him and then put his hand on his shoulder and said: “You are a hero, there is no doubt about this, a hero because you have challenged everything for your mother, which you have only scattered memories, but what keeps you from reaching this is something you can not overcome. The tournament is to do everything you can do and sacrifice for someone you love” A little silence and then follow” Put the championship medal on your chest and boast about it “
Albert’s words made Leonardo feel comfortable and had some of the burdens that have accumulated on his chest for many years, “So this task means a lot to me because it either makes me achieve my goals and deserve the title of the hero as you said or that I fail and lose my mother and myself”
“fought and tried, but if he failed, do not become like me,” Albert said, and he looked at Leo seriously and then followed, explaining, “I wish I could forget, but they forced me as if they know that the idea of revenge is very painful”
Leonardo shook his head in understanding without knowing how to answer. He is not as good at talking and comforting as Albert is. The silence lasted for minutes until Albert interrupted him saying: “You will have to meet the biggest officials to start the implementation of our plan”
Sandra entered Violet’s room after she knocked on the door. Violet turned after she had finished arranging her hair and had left two locks of hair to fall down in front of her ears. She watched her mother, who did not move in front of the door, smiled at her and then said in a way she tried to be exhilarating: “Good morning to the most precious person on my heart”
There is a wide smile on Sandra’s face as she listens to the sound of her lover and her heart beats with joy and she sees Violet approaching her, Violet hugged her mother and then whispered in sorrow: “sorry mom to make you worry about me”
“I do not want you to apologize, just shine and be happy,” Sandra said as she moved away from her daughter and then covered her face with her hands and said: “ are you not gonna return to your room? I arranged it for you and prepared it as it was”
Sandra noticed the silence of Violet, expressing her sadness and not forgetting what had happened Then she said hesitantly: “Is not the time, my beauty, to make peace with your father?”
Violet looked at her after the idea aroused her anger, she will not bear more quarrels with him and the distance is the best solution for now.
Violet sighed and then said “ mom I don’t really want to talk about that now, and Daniel is waiting for me out” She carried her bag and then hugged her mother and went out.
Chapter 29
A lbert’s car stopped in a small car park in an almost deserted place. Albert walked, followed by Leonardo, toward an iron wall that extended beyond sight. He took a green card out of his black pocket and put it in front of a detector next to an iron door. The light rays moved to the top and bottom of the card, and it was only seconds before the door was opened, Albert steps on the threshold of the door He lit a beam that examined his body as it did with the card, then opened the other door and a large green square appeared in front of them, Albert stepped over the door and then turned towards Leonardo and said: “ do as I did”
Leonardo crossed the door and followed Albert, who walked through a stone pathway in the courtyard, The place was like a piece of an abandoned world with no sounds or any movement, As they progressed and approached Leonardo saw the end of this long corridor They reached to a train, They did not have on Kepler’s planet modern means of transportation and mobility was not as frequent as it is here, and their numbers are not comparable to the numbers of the Earth’s population, Their way of traveling was through the wagons or after the modern machines sent by Victoria sometimes, but Joseph was not much interested in developing anything and they lived in great delay compared to Gliza.
Albert put the card back in front of the detector, but this time by placing it on an electronic screen in front of the train door. The backlight is green and then the door is opened automatically.
Albert took a seat from one of the seats and pulled the belt on the side of the seat and placed it over his gray jacket to the other side of the seat. Leonardo sat on the seat next to him and then put the belt and do as Albert did and the train went off.
Leonardo is silent for a moment and thinks how much of this world is horrible here. Nothing is real and life does not exist. Although life conditions are harsh on Kepler’s planet, he finds it more merciful than the planet.
“Is nobody here other than us?” Leo said.
“Yes,” replied Albert, and then took out his pack of cigarettes to start smoking, as usual, pulled a cigarette and put it between his lips and then lit it.
one hour passed and the train arrived at the station, Leonardo came out with Albert from the train, when they arrived they me
t by two men in an elegant gray suit. One of them said: “Can you tells me who are you?”
Albert looked at him coolly and then said with a clear irony: “Thank you for the esteemed reception and you can ask Mr. Bernald about my identity, I regret that he did not inform you that I will come”
The other man looked at him with sharp eyes and then said with a frown, as he advanced to stand opposite his companion: “We do not gonna chatter with you, say who you’re or I will”
Before he completes his threat, Albert interrupts him and says: “ Or what?”
it doubled the anger of the man, in fact, there was nothing to force him to patience, grabbed the collar of Albert shirt and said a higher than the previous:” Or I will have to break every bone in ....”
But his sentence was not completed because a strong punch suddenly throws him to the ground. Leonardo did not hesitate to intervene to protect Albert, but his companion rushed to take out the gun and the faced towards the head of Leonardo and said as he smiled sarcastically: “You will pay very dearly for this.” He put his finger on the trigger of the gun while Leonardo continued to stare at him without understanding what would happen
Albert stood in his face and said with a little panic and raised the green card towards the man: “I am here with the official permission of Mr. Bernald look to this card as proof”
The nerves of both Leonardo and Albert decreased as they watched the man’s hand slowly get down until the danger faded away.
Leonardo sat opposite Albert on a chair in a closed room at the busy train station. It has been almost half an hour since the incident and since they arrived, they are watching the other side of the room, separated from the place where they sit with a wall and a glass facade showing them what is happening inside. There were several men in the same gray suit who were whispering and making calls to verify Albert’s identity and permit to enter their own place.
Albert was very resentful because he had to submit to them in one way or another, but it was not about him. One of them was ready to kill Leonardo. He said, his eyes still hanging on the glass facade watching their movements and their looks: “Do not do it again”
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