Chapter 22 / Part Two

"Shut up already, shut up, or I swear I'll kill you." Even though I can't see him I can notice the trembling in his hand, that plus the sniffle his nose makes lets me know he's crying. I would be too if they tell me that my whole life is nothing but a vile lie.

"I am innocent, I can swear it before God. But you, you tarnished the name of an innocent girl. If you want to go ahead, kill me, we'll settle accounts when we meet in hell, but I never lived in shame. Instead, you will have to live with the burden of knowing that you ruined Melek, the only woman who truly loves you. Because my daughter adored you, with every fiber of her heart and you took it upon yourself to kill that, to put an end to it."

"Don't you know when to stop talking? I'm furious and I'm going to kill you."

"I swear I didn't kill your father and I never touched your mother inappropriately because that woman was the love of my life. If it makes you feel better, then finish me off. If with my death it's all over and m