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The Infamous Sammy "G" 1

Chapter One

The red, white and blue banner over the gateway from the airplane read; !CO#! TO $!

%O&', T(! G&!)T!ST CIT% I$ T(! O&*+ This was the first indiation that )l-iady

)l-haeed and family had made it to )merian soil+

.oo/ #argarette0 )lfiady delared in a muffled whisper+ .e made it+ $ow only one hurdle

to go, ustoms+ 2e very areful how you answer their 3uestions+ &emember we are here on holiday

only+ The visas are for one month+

)l-iady, his wife, #argarette and their five year old daughter, !milena, had now esaped the

rampage of 'ing 'halid+ Christian !gyptians were being perseuted and /illed for their beliefs+

Sine )lfiady was an aountant for the 'ing and the last in the line of the 4haroahs, he had to hide

to worship in the Christian faith+ The 'ing was losing in+ Two lose enounters during raids made

a believer of him+ (e /new the 'ing suspeted traitors in his /ingdom and was about to snag the

snith warning of the raids+

&eligion was very important to the anient !gyptians+ Their religion was strongly influened by

tradition, whih aused them to resist hange+ True !gyptians did not 3uestion the beliefs whih had

been handed down to them; they did not desire hange in their soiety+ The new order of Christianity

was not to be tolerated+

)lfiady, presumed to be the last in line of the 4haraohs, ould not betray tradition, or ould he5

(e deided to disappear before he was outed by the snith+ This prompted the midnight meeting

with the ally of his brother and sister6in6law who had defeted two years ago+

#ohammad had been a long time friend and helped many flee the wrath of 'alid+ (e owned a

mummifiation store, a suessful business for preparation into the afterlife+ (is modest showroom

onsisted of bolts of linen, 7ars of eli8irs, oils and arved bo8es used as models for the elite to pi/

their offin+ #ummifiation was not available to the ommon lasses of people+ Sine they ould


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not afford the sophistiated funerary strutures, they ontinued to be interred in simple desert graves

where their bodies were naturally preserved+ Sine most of the people in the village were

ommoners, #ohammad spent most of his time digging graves and tossing bodies+ There was no

need for a storefront, 7ust a building of lay with arved holes for windows and doors+ There was a

burlap urtain over a doorway whih led to a tiny room for the landestine meetings+ $o one ever

suspeted what he had hidden in there+

(is wife, son and most of his relatives perished from a ontagious disease whih wiped out

over two hundred in his village of 2esa+ )nother reason )l-iady /new it was time to leave+ Their

village, )nsena, was only a few miles south and a few had already gotten the disease+

.#ohammad, don:t you want to leave with us5 )lfiady as/ed+ .I:m afraid the 'ing will soon

lin/ you to the missing defetors+ There have been far too many people leaving !gypt this year and I

/now 'ahlid has his eyes and ears out loo/ing+

.$o, please, this leather6s/inned frail body of eighty some odd years poses no threat to any of

the /ingdom so they never suspet or ome here to bother me+ #ohammed hu/led+ .)nd,

besides, he thin/s most of them suumbed to the disease anyway+ )nd, who would bury all the

ontagious bodies5 %ou ome here on -riday, the holy day, and I will have your papers+ )l-iady

agreed and gave him a hearty hug of than/s+

The fa/e passports and visas in hand, )lfaidy gathered the family, the allowed two suitases

eah and headed for the airport for the one a+m+ flight+

#argarette already had a brother and sister who had defeted and made a new life under

different names+ #ohammad had gotten them out over three years ago+ She /new #ohammed

would wor/ his magi and all would be fine+

!milena was asleep before they made it to the airport so )l-iady arried her on his shoulder

while trying to maneuver the luggage as well+ #argarette handled the passports and visas+

!verything loo/ed in order and they were allowed to board immediately+


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.hew0 )l-iady e8laimed as he plopped into the lu8urious first lass relining seat+ .hen

we get to 4aris to hange planes, she is wal/ing on her own+ I don:t are if we have to put her on the

trolley with the luggage+ She:s muh too heavy to arry anymore+ (e pushed the all button for a

stewardess+

.#ay I help you sir5 ) tall slender blonde with a strong britaent leaned in toward )l-iady

with a onerned loo/+

.%es, please0 )l-iady said trying to reoup some of the spent breath arrying the dead weight

of !milena+ .I need a stiff drin/ or if I have to wait


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.hat the?5 I slept all the way+ hy didn:t you wa/e me5 I still wanted that drin/+

)l-iady hastised+

.%ou needed the sleep more than the drin/+ %ou snored so loud you wo/e !milena twie and

(eather wanted to put a pillow over your fae+ #argarette retorted+

2y the time they got to the gate at )ir Canada, all the first lass passengers had already boarded

so they were relegated to the end of the line to wait for the three hundred other passengers to board+

!milena was already ran/y and )l-iady /new he needed that missed drin/ as soon as he got to

his seat+ (e pushed the all button for seat )9 before even sitting down+ .#ay I help you sir5 was

an all too familiar voie+

.)llah, save me, it:s you+ )l-aidy e8laimed+

.%ou again5 I suppose you want that drin/ you missed on the way to 4aris+ (ow are you5 Sit

down and let me see what I an do, (eather said in a alming voie+

.)re you following us5 )l-aidy as/ed almost afraid of the answer+

.$o, you ouldn:t be that important+ (eather snipped+ .I have an apartment and friends in

$ew %or/+ I have the ne8t four days off so I:m going home+ (ere, ta/e this, it:s gin and toni+ It:s

lear so no one will suspet it:s not water+ I an prepare a proper drin/ when we are airborne+

.Than/s, and /eep


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(eather seemed muh too interested in their welfare+ )l-aidy was still uneasy+ (e didn:t trust

(eather so he refused to have more drin/s+ The meals were e8ellent, better than most restaurant

food+ (e still wondered why suh royal treatment+ (e almost dreaded the arrival into $ew %or/+

hat if (eather was planted by 'alid to apprehend them+ hat if there was a terrible sene and

tourist got hurt+ Senarios were piling up in his head+ )t last, the reording he had been waiting for

ame on+

.adies and gentlemen+ The pilot has turned on the seatbelt and no smo/ing sign+ 4lease return

to your seats in preparation for landing+ 4lease ma/e sure your seats and tray tables are in the

upright and lo/ed position+ -or those of you who have onneting flights, an attendant will be at

the door to diret you to your ne8t flight+ Than/ you for flying )ir Canada and have a pleasant day+

Clin/ went the spea/er and a live attendant started spea/ing+

.adies and gentlemen?elome to $ew %or/+ 4lease remain seated until the plane omes to

a full stop+ )t that time you may remove your bags from the overhead bins and proeed to the front

e8it+ )gain, than/ you for hoosing )ir Canada+

.2esora, besora )l-aidy blurted out+ (e always said this to #argarette and !milena when he

was in a hurry+ It was easier for him to ommuniate his la/ of patiene in )rabi, a trait he would

have to wor/ on in the new ountry+ (e su/ed in a deep breath and out the door they went+

)meria was alling his name+

Chapter Two


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The ustoms agent stood behind the stainless steel table awaiting the new flood of passengers+

(is grey and silver hair omplimented the tanned s/in as the uniform of dar/ blue pants and light

blue shirt embellished the rippling musles hiding beneath+ (is silver name tag hadKevinengraved

in bla/+ The emblems on the short sleeve 7ust above the elbow and over the left po/et bar/ed

authority+

.Good afternoon, sir+ -irst time in )meria5 'evin as/ed politely+

)l-iady, still autious, answered .%es, please and my wife and daughter+

.%our passports and visas please+ 'evin re3uested in a reorded voie+ .)nd how long will

you be staying with us5

.-orever0 blurted out !milena+

.(ey 'evin,Kepasa dude5 'evin whirled around to see a familiar fae+ (eather was right

behind him, leaned around to wave to )l-iady and gave him a thumbs up+ .These are my friends

from Cairo+ Can you s/ip the formalities and let us ath a ab before they are all gone5

.)nything for you sweet6hee/s+ e still on for this wee/end5 'evin as/ed in a flirting tone

/nowing his olleagues were hearing the onversation+

.%ou betha, stud6muffin+ 4i/ me up at seven at the apartment+

.%ou got it0 he delared+ .%ou fol/s have a nie visit with us here in $ew %or/ and be very

areful+ e do have rime here, sad to say+

.Than/ you sir+ )l-iady said as he bowed, grabbed the suitases and shoved !milena and

#argarette through the turnstiles+

.See, I told you to sti/ with me and I would get you through+ $ow to get you a ab+ ant to

stay at the )msterdam5 It:s lose to everything+

.Sure, if that is your reommendation+ Than/ you+


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(eather hailed a ta8i+ ) raghead pulled in immediately, 7umped out, grabbed the luggage and

hurled it into the trun/+

.here to lady5 the turban wrapped, heavily aented, small boned man as/ed+

.$ot for me, for these fol/s+ Get them to the )msterdam on fiftieth and don:t give them a tour

of the ity first+ They are my friends+

(eather turned to )l-aidy and ushered them into the ab+ .(ere is my number at my apartment

and this is my ell phone number+ )ny problems, you all me+

.(ow an we ever than/ you for all your generosity5 )l-iady as/ed+

.et her go with us0 shouted !milena+

.$o, honey, sorry I an:t go with you+ I have a date with 'evin tonight and will have to visit

my friends tomorrow+ %ou will have a fun time here in $ew %or/, I promise+

.Than/ you again, #argarette got the last word out 7ust as the abbie peeled away from the

urb+

.*o you thin/ she is having us followed5 whispered )l-iady+

.$onsense0 #argarette whispered ba/+ .She told me on the plane to 4aris that she /new

#ohammad so I /new all was well+

.hy didn:t you tell me5 %ou ould have saved me a lot of worry and possibly a heart atta/+

oman, never do that again+ #argarette 7ust smiled in ompliane+

)fter he/ing into a lu8urious two bedroom suite, )l-iady and #argarette ollapsed in the

overstuffed pin stripped hairs in the living room and reounted their trip+ $ow that they both /new

they were safe, they ould rela8 and en7oy their new lives+

!milena didn:t have a worry in the world+ She surveyed every room to report the many

amenities+ .*addy, you should see the /ithen, an I have a soda from the big refrigerator5 she

begged e8itedly+ .4romise not to spill+

.%es, my pet, but 7ust one+ answered )l-iady+


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!milena ontinued souting eah room ta/ing mental notes as she buDDed through touhing eah

and every thing she ould reah+ She was oblivious to the peril they had 7ust dodged+

)l-iady was 7ust an ordinary loo/ing man, typial short, sto/y frame, /in/y, dar/ haired

!gyptian with a reeding hairline+ (e was only thirty6two but wor/ing under the 'ing:s tight fist

sine he was eighteen made male pattern baldness develop at an early age+ )s an average =oe, he

ould pass for any one of the twelve hundred immigrants that were admitted this wee/+

#argarette, on the other hand, loo/ed li/e !gyptian royalty+ (er long, bla/ urly lo/s were

pulled away from her fae, tightly braided and wrapped three times around her head+ ) floppy hemp

hat pulled down tight held the braids in plae+ She purposely wore no ma/eup, powdered her fae a

pasty white with water strea/s to resemble wrin/le lines+ Trying to oneal her elegane was not an

easy tas/+ She wore three layers of lothing to disguise her perfetly formed body+ !ven while

traveling, the stewardess mistoo/ her for )l-iady:s daughter+ (e was embarrassed but his ego

inflated when he whispered to the stewardess that she was his wife+

!milena was too young at the age of five to understand the mehanis of what was happening+

She too loo/ed li/e !gyptian royalty+ (er 7et bla/, urly hair bouned all over as she ran+ (er

e8itement ould not be ontained to a wal/, everything was either off or ninety miles an hour+ This

was suh an adventure for her+

)fter a muh needed night:s sleep, the family ventured out to e8plore the new world they would

now all home+ Central 4ar/, Times S3uare and a tour of &adio City #usi (all were all they ould

s3ueeDe in the first day+ )ll the while they tal/ed and planned their new life+

.It:s going to be wonderful here #argarette, I promise+ e will have most of our family here

and will never have to worry again+ One day soon everyonewill be together+

)fter a wee/ of sightseeing they deided it was safe to ma/e ontat with #argarette:s sister

who had already been in )meria for three years and settled in 2oa &aton, -lorida+


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#agdeline and her husband, &atan, were readily aepted into this small ommunity beause of

&atan:s e8traordinary onept of the new omputer age+ This gained him a prestigious teahing 7ob

at the ommunity ollege+ #agdeline beame a beauty onsultant for the 2oa 2eauty )ademy as

she developed a line of osmetis and hair treatments using the serets that were passed down from

her anestors in !gypt+

#agdeline was elated to hear #argarette:s voie+ They spo/e in -arsi6)rabi so no one around

them would be able to deipher their plans+ To /eep from arousing suspiion, in ase 'ing 'halid

had far reahing ties, it was agreed that they would fly to )tlanta, rent a ar, drive to Orlando and

buy a ar for the remainder of the trip+

The traveling, for the most part, was uneventful+ On the turnpi/e near %eehaw =untion,

)l-iady:s lead foot aused them a warning ti/et whih put #argarette in a foul mood+ It soon tuned

into gleeful en7oyment at the sight of the 2oa &aton ity limit sign+

#agdeline shouted, .they:re here, they:re here+ Come 3ui/0 She was over7oyed to see her

sister after years with no ommuniation+ hile not nearly the beauty of #argarette, #atty, as she

was alled in )meria, held her own+ $ot having the urves of her sister, she still ould turn an eye+

She had hosen to ut off her long urls and opted for the page boy loo/ that was popular at the time+

Childbirth had left her with an e8tra twenty pounds of stubborn baby fat+ )le8, the produt of her

labor, was now si8 and was delighted to have a playmate+ (e grabbed !milena:s arm and away they

went down the street before she had a hane to enter the house+

Inside the hugs and /isses started again+ &atan too/ )l-iady to sit in the lounge hairs on the

sreened lanai, away from the girls and their giggling, hugging marathon+

.I an:t get over how good you loo/+ (ow was your trip5 ere you sared5 *id #ohammad

get your passports5 *id (eather get you through ustoms5 e must all )mir and #arilyn to let

them /now you are here+ %ou /now they moved to 4unta Gorda+ isten to me+ I:m trying to ath


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up three years in two minutes+ Sit down sweetie+ et me get you a up of tea+ #atty aught herself

and promised to slow down the hatter+

&atan had already been planning )lfiady:s new life+ -irst of all he was to dith the proper name

and go by )l when introdued+ &atan had already hanged his name to &ay+ It gave more redene

to their deeption and seurity+ It was agreed that #argarette would now beome #argie and

!milena would beome !mily+ -rom now on, this would be their new identities+ $o one would

suspet+

Chapter Three


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)fter a month, )l got a 7ob with the -itDgerald C4) firm in downtown 2oa and #argie landed

a reeptionist position with 2oa u8ury 4roperties+

It:s a true parable that ompany and fish both stin/ after three days so #argie started an

immediate searh for their new home+

ith the listings at hand, #argie soon loated a house only two streets away from #atty, new

on the mar/et, fully furnished+ The owner had passed and the heirs wanted to 7ust sell the house+

#argie:s boss, =im 2eam, was so impressed with her wor/, not to mention her loo/s, that he

deided /eep her as eye andy, if nothing else+ (er tenaity and willingness to learn put her far

ahead of the others in the offie+

=im would be 3uite a ath for any woman+ (is firm grossed two hundred million for the year

and atapulted him into the ring of most eligible and rih men of the deade+ (is oal bla/, sli/ed

down hair, toned body, daDDling white teeth and sea blue eyes definitely made women grab a drool

towel when he wal/ed by+

One morning in the brea/ room, Susan, the top selling realtor, said .*id you hear that =im has

the hots for #argie+ I heard he:s paying for her to go to shool+ Christ, she:s only been here two

months+ That su/s+

#elinda had to hime in, .2etha didn:t /now he loaned her and )l the down payment for their

new house so she would stay+

.*o you thin/ he:s banging her5 inda piped in+

.ouldn:t surprise me a bit+ Theresa fumed+ .(ave you seen her husband5 ould you rawl

in bed with him or =im5 Theresa said tal/ing in a 7ealous, pissed tone+

.Ooooh6ugh0 they all sang out with an audible .4he6uuuu at the end+

.uiet, here she omes+ So6o6o, #argie, word is you have a new house+ Is that true5

.hy, yes Susan, it:s true+ e:re losing on -riday and moving this wee/end+ anna help5

#argie as/ed without a lue of the previous onversation+


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.$o, than/s, I thin/ I have to wash my hair this wee/end+ Susan sarastially answered+

The others sattered li/e 3uail to /eep from being as/ed+ #argie was ompletely oblivious to

the attitude of the group+

The move was very 3ui/+ )l and #argie had only the si8 suitases and neessities purhased

for the new house+ The house was a flipped floor plan of #atty:s house+ ) typial three bedroom,

two bath, one story home with the all )merian white pi/ett fene+ The homes were all less than

ten years old and every fourth one was painted the same olor+ #argie deided to paint her new

home an !gyptian gold with light brown trim+ $o one ould miss this house at the end of the street

with the sphin8 and pyramids adorning the steps and mailbo8+ So muh for )l:s plan of blending in+

!mily enrolled in the first grade muh to )le8:s disapproval+

.hy an:t she be in the seond grade with me he whinned+ .She:s smart enough+ She already

/nows her ab:s and numbers and?she spea/s )rabi+

#atty had to e8plain+ .!mily has to start in the first grade li/e all girls her age+ =ust beause

she /nows these things, she annot 7ump into the seond grade+ Sine !mily lives so lose now, you

need to wal/ her to shool and ma/e sure she gets home safely+ )le8 was proud that he had been

given the responsibility+ They beame best buds and nearly inseparable+

)nother si8 months passed and #argie disovered she was pregnant+ )ll was well until her

si8th month+ She never e8periened any morning si/ness, had only gained eight pounds so no one

even /new she was pregnant+ )t lunh one day, she started spotting with terrible ramps+ =im

rushed her to the hospital and alled )l+

The diagnosis ame ba/ as Thalassemia ma7or, also alled CooleyHs anemia, whih is a severe

form of anemia in whih &2Cs are rapidly destroyed and iron is deposited in the s/in and vital

organs+ It usually affets people of #editerranean, )frian, and Southeast )sian desent and is

mar/ed by abnormal and short6lived &2Cs+


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*r+ Salopini, the attending physiian in the !& remanded her to omplete bed rest until the due

date+ She had no hoie+

The o6wor/ers were astonished and relieved that a potential threat to their promotions had been

removed+ Theresa said, .I:ll bet you money it:s =ims+

.$onsense+ Said inda+ .*idn:t you hear what =im said5 This type of disease atta/s the red

blood ells and is usually found in women of her origin+ =im:s sperm would never do that+ (ee, hee+

)tta/ her red blood ells I mean+ ) good laugh was had by all at #argie:s e8pense+

=im /new the baby was his and alled every day+ .#argie, honey, don:t worry, your 7ob will be

waiting no matter how long you have to be out+ e an tal/ business on the phone and you an train

me on the new system you implemented to streamline the offie and no one will /now+

The ne8t three months beame a nightmare for #argie; she nearly misarried twie+ )lthough

#atty ame by every day after shool, leaned the house and prepared dinner, the stress on #argie:s

small bones made it impossible for her to get out of bed+

.#atty, I don:t /now what I would do if this happened before we got to )meria+

.S6h6h, rest easy priness, sister #atty is here+ They hugged every time #atty ame+

-inally, in the last two wee/s of her pregnany, #s+ (uggins, the mid6wife said the baby was

fully developed and all )l to meet them at the hospital+

.)l, #argie said in tears+ .#s+ (uggins says it:s time and to meet us at the hospital+ She will

ta/e me over and get me he/ed in+

.Oh my God, oh my God, seriously5 I:m on the way+ *o I need to get the suitase at home5

(oney, you o/5 hat do I need to do5 )l as/ed almost hyperventilating+

.Calm down, alm down+ !verything is going to be fine+ They won:t indue me until you get

there+ %ou have plenty of time so?yes, stop by the house, get !mily and ta/e her to #atty+

The delivery was not as easy as e8peted+ #argie wailed through twenty6two hours of

unprodutive labor+ )n immediate .C setion beame neessary when #s+ (uggins determined


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that the ord was wrapped around the baby:s ne/+ -inally after twenty6eight hours a new baby boy

would enter the world to begin his reign of terror+

#argie was delighted that she now had a boy to bear the legay+ (is name would be Immanuel

(ebrew for GO* with usJ+ The 4haraoh:s lineage would live on aording to her lie to )l+

!mily was already 7ealous+ She had been the only hild for si8 years and didn:t see the need for

anyone, espeially a new brother, enroahing into her life+ -rom the day


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Chapter -our


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The ride aross the state on )lligator )lley was torture for )l and #argie+ The /ids were

typial impatient siblings, .)re we there yet5 )re we there yet5 ehoed at every passing mile+ The

answer from the patient )l brought them a few miles loser eah time


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seured the neessary food items to omplete the amping adventure+ ) hibahi, hot dogs, deli

ba/ed beans and potato hips+ -or a treat, smores were made from the embers left in the hibahi+

There was room for everyone around the enormous bar with stools aplenty+ They ame with the

house as the fabri mathed the trim and drapes+

The onversation buDDed well into the night as eah one shared their plans and plaement of the

household furniture oming the ne8t day+ ell after midnight, the house and its new oupants

settled in for what they imagined to be a glorious new beginning, again+

The ne8t morning #anny and !mily were up at sunrise and suessfully interrupted any plans

)l and #argie had of sleeping late+ 2rea/fast evolved into a run through the drive6thru at

#*onalds beause they did not want to be away if the movers ame early+ *uring the onsumption

of tater tots and !gg ##uffins, #argie assigned hores for the day+

.#anny, you and !mily pi/ your bedroom, unload your suitases, hang up your lothes,

lean the floors, deflate the air beds to be ready for the furniture+ )l you ta/e our bedroom and I:ll

have the /ithen and the rest of the house ready+ $ow, soot0 she ordered+

The van pulled into the yard as sheduled around two p+m+ The weather provided a perfet

day, 7ust a light breeDe in the air and enough warmth to show that summer was here+ ith shool in

reess for the ne8t two months, !mily would have daily hores to ma/e sure the house was spotless+

#anny ould play+

This being the first wee/end in their new home, #argie alled )mir and #arilyn to bring their

two /ids, Sophie and Seth, over for a pini at the beah+ The reunion proved to )l they had made

the right deision by leaving+ The /ids were all the same ages and played in the surf from noon until

dus/+ 2oa would soon be a distant memory, e8ept for the seret+

hen everyone gathered for dinner, #anny feigned a wea/ stomah+ (e was promptly

remanded to the /ithen until he promised to eat+ Still omplaining of stomah pains, #argie told

him .if you don:t eat, I:ll ra/ open the new bottle of astor oil+


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#anny made a few gestures of displeasure at the threat and passed out old+ #argie thought he

was playing until she snathed him off the tile floor and saw he was already turning an ashen olor

and not breathing+

.Oh my God, oh my God0 #argie sreamed+ .)l, ome 3ui/?it:s #anny+

)l and the rest of the family rushed into the /ithen from the dinner table /nowing that

something terrible had happened+

#arilyn 7umped into ation seeing that #argie was a bas/et ase+ She started C4& immediately

and ommanded )l to get the ar ready+ .The hospital is only two miles away+ e an get him to

the emergeny room before an ambulane an be dispathed+ she delared+

)t the emergeny room, #anny was snathed out of #arilyn:s arms so the medial team ould

ontinue C4& to revive the lifeless little body+ #argie had to be sedated for her hysterial sreaming

so )l had to handle the admission+

Three agoniDing hours passed before the on all dotor appeared+

.I:m dotor Keor+ .%our son #anny is alive but still not able to breathe on his own+ (e:s on a

ventilator+ e:ll have to /eep him and run more test to determine the problem+ (as he had a blow to

the head reently5 There seems to be some swelling that I:m onerned about+

.hy no, not that I /now of+ #argie answered defensively+ .The only thing that happened

was he hit the tile floor when he passed out+ She loo/ed at !mily ausingly+ .$othing happened

today while you were playing, did it5

.$o mommie, as/ Seth and Sophie+ )ll we did was play at the beah+ (er eyes darted at the

two ohorts+ .&ight0 Seth and Sophie already /new !mily ran the show and not to go against her+

They nodded in agreement+

)mir said, .et us ta/e the hildren to our home+ It:s only five miles away and we will be

lose enough to return on short notie+


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.Sorry we are ending our first wee/end on this note+ I need to stay with #argie and I:ll all you

with any updates+ Than/s so muh for your help+ )l said+ (ugs were given all around+

2y three o:lo/ the ne8t day, the dotors onfirmed their diagnosis+ In the waiting room, *r+

)met )Dir, the neurologist found )l and #argie+

.#anny has suffered a blow to the head whih aused a seiDure+ *o you /now how that might

have happened5

.$o0 e8laimed #argie+ .e went to the beah for a pini+ The /ids played in the surf most

of the day+

.ell, the la/ of o8ygen and the blow to the brain has aused some swelling+ (e will have to

stay another forty6eight hours until we an redue the swelling+ $ot sure about the seiDures+ I an:t

promise you he will live+ *r+ )Dir stated in a matter6of6fat tone+

.#y preious baby, an I see him5 #argie as/ed through the sobbing+

.%es, he is not awa/e but he will /now you:re there+ $o rying and sobbing+ =ust tal/ to him+

It an only help aid his reovery+

.O/ #argie promised+ .)l, an you go get !mily and ta/e her home with you5 I:m staying+

)l alled )mir to arrange to pi/ up !mily as direted+ #arilyn persuaded )l to leave her with

their /ids to /eep her oupied so he ould ome and go to the hospital as needed+ )l went home

and rashed on the ouh+

#argie stayed by #anny:s side waiting for any sign he would wa/e+ In her vigil, she deided

she needed to all =im+

.=im5 This is #argie+ I:ve got some terrible news+ Can you tal/5

.=ust a minute+ Carol, an you go to the Starbu/s and get my usual+ (ere:s twenty+ Ta/e your

time+ This may be a long all+

.%es boss, #argie heard even though =im must have had his hand over the reeiver+


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.#argie, I thought we agreed not to ontat eah other e8ept at late night+ =im said in a

hushed tone+

.I /now, I /now0 said #argie+ .It:s #anny, he:s in ritial ondition and they don:t /now if

he is going to ma/e it+ I 7ust had to let you /now+ she whimpered+

.hat the hell5 *o you want me to ome over5 It will ta/e me about three hours, =im as/ed

/nowing it would not be e8plainable+

.$o, no, you an:t+ I 7ust had to hear your voie and let you /now what happened+ #argie

autioned and e8plained the events leading up to the risis+ .The dotor said the blow to the head is

what aused all of this, but I swear to you, I don:t /now how it happened+

.=ust /eep me posted+ 'eep your hin up+ (e:s gonna ma/e it+

Three more days passed before the dotor released #anny to go home+ ) nutritionist appeared

with a meal plans and strit instrutions+ )lso in the diagnosis, #anny was under developed for a

hild his age so soial servies had been notified to monitor the situation+

Throughout the summer things seemed to return to normal+ #anny and !mily resumed their

usual sibling spats, only !mily got more aggressive during eah onfrontation+

Then, one wee/ before shool, #anny had another seiDure and was rushed to the hospital again+

This time a soial wor/er on duty, #rs+ #arus, remembered visiting the home and ma/ing a report+

She realled that !mily had a ertain animosity toward #anny for the attention he gleaned beause

of his ondition+ #argie was 3uestioned again+ She laimed she did not outwardly show any more

attention to #anny than !mily, but seretly she oddled him when she thought that !mily was not

around+

)pparently !mily had seen this one too many times+ She would snea/ in from shool eah day

to find #argie doting over her little Godas she alled him+ ittle did she /now that !mily had

overtly been planning his demise to seure her plae again as the number one hild+

The soial wor/er as/ed to spea/ to !mily alone in another waiting room+


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.e will only be a few minutes+ I:ll bring her right ba/+

.O/, I supposed that will be alright+ (oney, you go with #rs+ #arus+ She:ll bring you ba/

here to be with dad+ I:m going to #anny:s room, #argie hided+

!mily too/ this as her ue that she would be grilled by the soial wor/er+ She gave a

performane of love and affetion for #anny that appeared as if he was an angel sent from heaven+

$o one would ever suspet her plan+

$ow that shool had started, #argie ould devote all of her attention to /eeping #anny on the

proper diet as presribed+ (is weight started to ath up to his age+ (e still was a year away from

shool age so the bond between them beame stronger+ This did not set well with !mily+

) wee/ before Christmas, )l was at wor/ and #argie deided to shop for Christmas presents+

)s !mily had 7ust turned eleven and #anny would be turning five after Christmas, she deided that

!mily was old enough to sit for #anny a ouple of hours+ !mily e8itedly agreed+

.#om, don:t worry, ta/e your time+ I:ll be glad to ta/e of #anny+ I /now how to give #anny

his *ilantin and &italin+ (e:ll be fine+

#argie was a little apprehensive but /new she ould not shop for their presents while dragging

them around in the mall+

ith instrutions repeated and professed to be understood, #argie left herlittle Godin the love

and are of his older sister+

!mily stayed inside with #anny as instruted+ )fter an hour had passed, she deided to oa8

#anny outside to play+

.Come on #anny+ #om will never /now+ %ou an be the first on the rope swing and I:ll push

you higher than #om ever allowed+

ithout hesitation, #anny limbed on top of the tire grasping the rope and proeeded to howl

with every push that gained altitude+ !mily pushed with all the strength she ould muster+ )fter a

few giant shoves, the limb holding the rope groaned and in an instant snapped li/e a twig+ #anny


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landed with a loud thud, the tire and rope fell on top of him and the limb, falling last, piered his

right side and wedged him into the ground+

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#argie pulled into the driveway ten minutes after !mily thought the deed was done+

Sreaming at the top of her lungs, .Oh my God0 hat happened5 !mily, !mily, ome 3ui/0

#anny:s hurt0 (elp0 Somebody help0

!mily heard the ommotion and ambled out the front door+ .hat:s wrong mom5 !mily

as/ed rubbing her eyes fa/ing a wa/e6up sleep+

.Call E11 while I get #anny out from under this limb0 hat the hell were you thin/ing5

Sleeping while you were supposed to be wathing #anny+ Go now, all an ambulane0 #argie

sreamed+

!mily turned around and strolled ba/ inside ta/ing her time hoping #anny would not survive

this inredible mishap+

.%es, is this E115 as/ed !mily+

.%es, what is your emergeny5 the operator answered+

.$ot sure if you onsider this an emergeny+ #y bratty brother fell off the tire swing and a

limb from the tree is on top of him+ She smir/ed as she answered+

.Is he awa/e and breathing5 as/ed the elevated voie+

.I dunno, 3uipped !mily+

.here is your mom or dad5 3ueried the operator+

.#om:s with #anny trying to get the limb out of his hest+ She:s out by the swing+ *o you

want to tal/ to her5 !mily stalled for time+

.$o0 Sweetheart, what is your address and I will send someone right now, the operator

responded with a little urgeny in her voie+

.I:m not sure+ e 7ust moved here from 2oa &aton+ That:s on the east oast+ *o you /now

where that is5 !mily was delighted that she was playing games and stalling+ .#y )unt #atty,

Lnle &ay and my ousin )le8 live there+ I sure do miss them+


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.O', honey, I have your loation from the phone number?stay on the line


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.$o+ !mily stated+ .#y mom:s purse is probably still in the ar+ I:ll get it and then go inside

to all my dad+ (e will have to /now about this+ I:ll stay here and all my Lnle+ (e lives lose by

and an pi/ me up+

.Sweetie, than/s+ I:ll ride to the hospital with #anny+ Tell your dad to meet me there and be

sure to all )mir, tell him what happened and have him ome get you?love you?be brave for

#anny, #argie sobbed+

Yeah, right. Ill be brave when that bastard brother diesand the truth comes out, !mily

thought as she spun around on one foot and headed for the house+ She slammed the door and peered

through the window overing, waiting for everyone to leave+

The responding sheriffs stood around one ar, tal/ing and writing their reports+ )fter twenty

minutes had passed, the ars were gone and !mily deided she better ma/e the alls+

.#ay I spea/ to )l5 ) grown6up sounding voie re3uested+

.%es, who:s alling please5 the reeptionist:s replied+

.This is !mily, his daughter, it:s an emergeny+

.Oh my goodness0 (e:s in a meeting in the other building+ et me get =oanie to find him?7ust

a minute+

.$o problem+ !mily replied hoping it would ta/e awhile to find him+

The phone music was replaed by a franti voie+ .!mily, what:s wrong+ )re you alright5

here:s mom+ )l:s voie was slightly 3uivering+

.I:m o/, mom and #anny are going to the hospital in an ambulane?+I:m sorry daddy?it was

my fault?#anny snu/ out of the house?I:m sorry0 !mily replied in her deeptive tone+

.Calm down honey+ hat happened5?$ever mind, I:ll find out at the hospital+ Call Lnle

)mir and have him pi/ you up and meet us at the hospital?love you honey+

2efore !mily ould say another word, she heard the li/ of the reeiver and a dial tone+


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)nother twenty minutes passed before !mily onsidered the all to )mir+ Too much time and it

might appear suspicious, she alulated+

)t the hospital #argie had already alled =im and told him what she /new and profusely

apologiDed for leaving 2oa and being so far away+ hile she was still on the phone, )l burst into

the waiting room+ She immediately hung up and said, .Oh than/ God you:re here+ I wasn:t sure

!mily got you+ I was 7ust trying to all you+

.)lright, I:m here now and )mir is bringing !mily+ hat happened5

#argie e8plained the situation to the best of her /nowledge+ She left out the part where she got

a maniure and pediure at the mall whih aused her to e8eed the time frame she gave !mily+

=ust then the door opened and *r+ )Dir appeared+ .e have to stop meeting li/e this+ (e

announed+ &ight behind him was #s+ #arus, the soial wor/er+

.%es+ She delared in a stern tone+ .I was 7ust informed by the sheriff:s department that I

need to follow up on this aident and I have several 3uestions for both of you+

.$ot now, #argie said bursting into tears+ .*r+ )Dir, #anny, is he alive+

.One again, we:ve managed to bring him ba/ to life+ (e:s one lu/y /id+ hat in the world

happened this time5 The punture wound missed his lung by an inh+

.I don:t /now the whole story+ !mily is on the way+ She said he slipped out of the house and

got on the swing in the front yard+ The limb must have snapped and fell on him, #argie e8plained+

.)nd where were you when this happened5 *r+ )Dir 3uiDDed+

.I:d li/e to /now that myself+ #s+ #arus himed in+

)mir, #arilyn, !mily, Seth and Sophie appeared and pushed their way into the tiny waiting

room ausing #argie not to answer+

*eputy &upert ilson, the one who wrote the report, appeared and waited outside the room+

.!mily, #s+ #arus demanded+ .%ou ome with me and we:ll meet with *eputy ilson in

the onferene room a few doors down+ .*r+ )Dir, 2iana (elms from my offie will be here in a


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minute+ She:ll ta/e all the information from #anny:s mom and dad+ 4lease give her a opy of your

notes and your prognosis if you have it ready+ Than/s+

.ill do, (e responded as she was already halfway down the hall+

#s+ #arus ushered the deputy and !mily into the ultra modern onferene room ad7oining her

muh too plush offie+ The twelve hairs around the elongated mahogany table were overstuffed

brown leather whih made air esaping noises as the two sat aross from eah other+

#s+ #arus told Sherry, her assistant, that they were not to be disturbed unless it was an

emergeny and losed the eight foot door sealing them from the world outside+ The arpet 3uieted

the heavy thud of the lath meeting its reeptale+ The potted fa/e palms and the seasape pitures

that adorned the walls made !mily thin/ of the beah a few steps from her home+ (ow she wished

she ould be there now+ The windowsill dressed with a flowerbo8 that overed the entire e8panse of

the room held tropial plants of many olors with bird of paradise plants at eah end in full bloom+

There was one fluoresent bulb fli/ering above !mily:s head whih she assoiated with the

interrogation room in a polie station+ The 3uestions started fast and furious+

.!mily, an you tell me and *eputy ilson what you have against #anny that you hate him so

muh+ hat did you do to him today5 Tell the offier about the un/nown blow to #anny head that

put him here before+ %ou have been lying to me when I ome to your home for spot he/s+ hat

did #anny ever do to you5 )nswer me0

!mily was so aught off guard she nearly blurted out the seret she had been /eeping before she

regained her omposure+ She sat 3uietly for a few minutes and gathered her thoughts+ She then

deided now was the time to e8pose the lie+

.ell, #s+ #arus, you see it:s li/e this+ #y pompous ass of a brother thin/s he:s the last in

line of the 4haraoh:s and mom thin/s he is a God+ hen the truth omes out that he is the bastard

hild of mom:s previous boss, all hell is going to brea/ loose+ %ou see, under !gyptian rule my dad


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has to /ill her for being unfaithful+ If it:s a hoie between my mother and my half brother, guess

who I:m gonna hoose5

ith that, #s+ #arus, who had been in the ommanding stane while interrogating !mily with

the barrage of 3uestions, nearly fell to the floor when she grasped the arm of the hair to pull it out

so she ould sit+

*eputy ilson was totally unprepared for the adult words oming out of this tiny mouth and

ertainly not the admission that she was trying to off her brother+

.!mily, honey, do you /now what you are saying5 *o you /now for sure that this is the truth or

are you ma/ing this up to get your parents in trouble5 #s+ #arus stammered+

.%ou wanted the truth, you got it0 !mily announed in an assertive voie+ .$one of what

happened is my fault+ 'ids will be /ids+ #anny turned away when I threw the baseball that day at

the beah+ It hit him in the ba/ of his head and he was out li/e a light+ I was pushing him on the

tire swing when the limb bro/e+ These were aidents and I /new I would be blamed for them+ I:m

always to blamed when it omes to the little bastard+ )s/ mom who =im 2eam is in 2oa+ (e sure

ain:t the li3uor bottle mom used to show me+ %ou don:t tal/ to a bottle on the phone+ !mily sighed

an e8haustive sigh of relief, /nowing she had 7ust /no/ed the little Godoff his pedestal+

#s+ #arus and *eputy ilson were aghast with this revelation+ They 7ust stared at eah other

not /nowing what to do ne8t+ $either one of them had written down a word of this ompelling tale+

!mily sat in silene staring at the bird of paradise plants wondering if they were fa/e too+


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Chapter Si8

#s+ #arus and *eputy ilson stared at eah other in stunned silene while olleting their

thoughts+

.ell !mily, she started in a slow methodial tone+ .If what you are telling us is the truth, we

have a serious problem+

.%ou:re not /idding, retorted !mily+ .%ou tell my dad and you:ll be responsible for /illing

my mom+

.ell, laws are different here in )meria, stammered *eputy ilson+ .(e would never ta/e

the !gyptian aw over our laws?we have laws to protet women here+

.Oh yeah5 !mily 3uipped+ .*o you want to ta/e that hane5 Tell my dad what I 7ust told you

and see where it goes0

ith eyebrows raised, #s+ #arus said .!mily, what you 7ust told us is onsidered privileged

information+ !ven though you are a minor and by law we should onvey this to your parents,

*eputy ilson and I will remain 3uiet for the moment?but you have to promise me that you will

not do anything else to #anny to ause suspiion?an you do that5

.%ou got it+ !mily asserted+

ith that, #s+ #arus rose from her seat and sha/ily wobbled to the door+ &amifiations of

what 7ust happened were swirling in her head+

.Sherry, would you be a dear and esortMiss!mily ba/ to the ICL waiting room to her

parents5 #s+ #arus said as she put her hand firmly on !mily:s mid ba/ and ushered her out of

the room+


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!mily smir/ed as she e8ited the room, /nowing that she had won the battle but not the war with

#anny:s seret+

4lopping down in the hair, the air esaped too 3ui/ and formed a farting sound+ The deputy

and the soial wor/er had a brief laugh and sat in silene again+

.hat are we going to do about this5 #s+ #arus as/ed+

.*o you thin/ she:s telling the truth5 *eputy ilson as/ed+ .If she is, we an:t ta/e the

hane of anything happening to her mom and you and I both /now we an:t wath her twenty6four6

seven+ The dad loo/s menaing to me anyway, li/e he already /nows something+ I would hate to

/now I had to investigate a homiide+

.ell, for now, I:m putting in my report that 3uestioning the hild did not e8plain the inident+

It was as she stated, an aident+ #s+ #arus e8plained as she pi/ed up her pen to write+ .I thin/

!mily /nows that we /now now so it:s a ath twenty6two situation+ e /eep 3uiet and she will not

do anymore damage, I hope. She e8pressed+

.O/, I will say the same in my report+ I an:t believe we:ve been manipulated by an eleven year

old hild, he said admittingly+

2a/ in the ICL waiting room, #argie grabbed !mily trying to show a reassuring hug but was

terrified that !mily must /now the seret ould have spilled the beans to the soial wor/er+ .)re

you o/, sweetie5 *id they sare you5 %ou did tell them it was an aident, right5

.Sure mom, I told them that I fell asleep and #anny snea/ed out to the swing+ It was my fault

and I:m so sorry+ )s she managed to 7er/ out a tear+ .*addy, I:m sorry, don:t be mad at mom+ It:s

all my fault+ I told her I would ta/e are of #anny while she got our Christmas presents+ 4lease

don:t be mad+

ith another stellar performane omplete, )mir and #arilyn hugged !mily and announed

she would ome home with them again until #anny was stable enough to be seen+


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.oo/s li/e you dodged another bullet, Sophie whispered into !mily:s ear as they were

parading down the hallway+

.$ot a word from you

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