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Chapter 2
The sheikh’s wife stood there pale-faced. She stared at Olivia as though as she was a ghost. She was tall and elegantly dressed. Her black hair was pinned up neatly. She had an unfriendly face. It made Olivia feel uncomfortable.
“Daaliyah, she looks like who?” the sheikh asked as he gently touched her arm.
“Elizabeth,” she answered quietly. The sheikh’s hazel eyes opened wide. He whipped his head in Olivia’s direction and stared at her in shock.
“You know my mother?” Olivia asked the sheikh’s wife.
“You are Elizabeth’s daughter?” the sheikh asked her. He looked at Olivia slowly from head to toe.
“Yes. I guess you know my mother.” Olivia started feeling strange. She had come all this way to find her father but she suddenly wanted to run away. The sheikh and his wife both knew her mother. The sheikh’s wife knew her mother by her first name and well enough to see her features in Olivia.
“This is weird,” Jacob mumbled.
“Please come in, so we can talk,” Sheikh Solomon said to Olivia.
“We have somewhere to be,” said Daaliyah.
“You can go ahead without me.”
“No, I will just phone them.” Daaliyah looked as though she did not want to miss out on that talk. Sheikh Solomon turned on his heel and headed into the house. Olivia and Daya followed him in. They both gasped when they saw the interior.
There were brown double doors straight ahead. They were open and led outside. Olivia could see the lawn and some flowers. She assumed that it was a garden. The floors were white and clean. There was a wide staircase to the left of the entrance, and to the right, there were more brown double doors leading to another room. The sheikh was walking towards it.
They followed Sheikh Solomon through the brown double doors into a large sitting room. He gestured for them to sit down in the expensive chairs. A maid rushed in. “Shall I get you anything?” she asked Sheikh Solomon.
“Some tea.” He looked at Olivia. “Is tea okay?” he asked her.
“Tea is fine,” Olivia answered, although she did not like tea. The maid nodded and rushed out. Olivia and Daya sat opposite Sheikh Solomon. Daaliyah and Jacob walked in and joined them at the sitting area.
Sheikh Solomon stared at Olivia for a while. He did not say anything. He just looked at her. He studied her silently. It made Olivia feel uncomfortable. Daya could not stop fidgeting. She kept looking at around and shifting in her seat.
The maid reappeared with a tray. She placed the tray on the table and poured out the tea into the cups. She quickly walked out when she was finished. Olivia sighed. She did not like the silence. It was too uncomfortable. She squared her shoulders.
“My name is Olivia Grant. I am Elizabeth’s daughter.” She paused for a second. Everyone in the room was staring at her as she spoke. Sheikh Solomon looked confused and in shock. Jacob looked curious. Daaliyah looked nervous, which was unsettling. “My mother passed away and left me your address,” Olivia finished off.
“What?” Sheikh Solomon spat out. “Elizabeth is dead?” he asked. His face immediately went pale.
“Yes,” Olivia replied.
“How?” His right hand started shaking.
“Cancer.” Olivia took a deep breath. “I don’t want to talk about it.” She was still grieving. She did not want to talk about her mother’s last few months.
“Oh God.” Sheikh Solomon touched his right hand and tried to stop it from shaking but it was useless. Both his hands started shaking.
“She left me your address and said that I should come to find you. Apparently you are my father,” she said. Sheikh Solomon barely reacted. He had been paralyzed with the news of her mother’s death.
“Father, are you okay?” Jacob asked as he touched Sheikh Solomon’s arm.
“That is not possible. You cannot be my husband’s daughter,” said Daaliyah.
“Aunt Lizzy had no reason to lie,” said Daya. The sheikh rose to his feet.
“Excuse me,” he said and stalked to the exit. Olivia and Daya looked at each other.
“Is he just going to leave in the middle of the conversation?” Olivia said to Daya.
