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Chapter 3
Olivia woke with a fright. “What!” she breathed. Daya was standing over her.
“Sheikh Solomon is outside,” she said.
Olivia sat up.
“He’s what?”
“He came a few minutes ago and said that he wanted to speak with you.”
Olivia looked at her wrist. It was six in the morning. “Why are you awake at this time?” she asked.
“I was on my way back from the bathroom when I saw him pacing around in the waiting area,” said Daya. Olivia said nothing. She just climbed out of bed. She was still wearing her leggings and a T-shirt. Her hair was messy.
Olivia walked out of the room and into the sitting area. Sheikh Solomon was sitting on the sofa. “You wanted to see me,” she said as she sat opposite him.
“I am sorry to interrupt your sleep,” he replied.
“It’s fine. The sooner we speak, the sooner I can return home.” Olivia wondered how smoothly the talk was going to go. The first one had not gone so well.
“It was hard hearing about Elizabeth’s passing.”
“If you cared about her so much, then why did you not come after her?”
“It was complicated.”
“So complicated that you let me grow up without a father? Maybe you are not my father.”
“I did not know that she was pregnant.”
Olivia raised her eyebrows. “You are lying,” she said.
“I am not lying. She never told me. She just left.”
“You slept with her? There is a chance that I am actually your daughter?”
Sheikh Solomon looked at Olivia’s left wrist. “Jacob has the same birthmark on his left wrist,” he said to her.
Olivia looked at her wrist. She had a small almond-shaped birthmark.
“That does not prove anything,” she said.
“My mother has the same birthmark.”
Olivia was silent for a moment. “I did not come here for recognition. I just wanted to understand how it was possible that my father was still alive and never came for me,” she said.
“If I knew about you, I would have come for you,” he said.
“I guess it does not matter anymore.” She rose to her feet.
“It matters.” Sheikh Solomon also rose to his feet. “I loved Elizabeth.”
Olivia wanted to walk away. She just wanted to get her stuff and leave but she could not. She was filled with mixed emotions. Part of her did not want to believe that Sheikh Solomon did not know about her mother being pregnant, but she could see it in his eyes. He was not lying. His expression softened every time he said her mother’s name. It made her wonder what had happened between them.
“How did you even meet her?” Olivia asked.
“She came here for a work placement,” he replied. He folded his arms over his chest.
