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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Encounter at the Hospital Part 8: A Conspiracy Warqa felt better, since she thought she had put an end to the matter. She felt she had won that round of battle and she was in good spirits the next morning. Her mood surprised her grandmother, who had expected her to be angry about the previous day's discussion. Warqa was anxious to see Dr. Miyad and tell her the details, but the doctor was busy with an urgent case and Warqa returned home.

Her grandmother met her at the door and whispered,” Go to your room and keep quiet." Surprised, Warqa said, "What is the matter?" "Sh! go up there quickly and don't come down until I call you." Warqa went upstairs. She was disturbed, since she did not know what was upsetting her grandmother. She looked at her watch, which seemed to be standing still. After an hour had passed, Warqa heard the front door close and her grandmother called her.

Warqa went quickly downstairs and found her grandmother sad and pale. Warqa was terrified. "What is wrong, grandma? By God, tell me what has happened!" "Do you know who was just here?' "It was Mr. Hamid, the man who took away our land." "What did he want?" "He wants his right to the mortgaged house. We have no papers to prove we repaid the money, since all the papers were stolen, as I told you. He said he had been waiting until you finished college.

Now he wants his money, unless..." she left the sentence unfinished. "Unless what?" asked Warqa. "Unless you agree to marry his son. Then he would give us back the land and the house." "What did you tell him?" "Allah helped me give him the right answer. I told him that you are already engaged so that he would not think about it any more." "How could you do that?" asked Warqa. "He will find out it is not true." Her grandmother told her, "Now you must agree to Mahir as soon as possible.

In any case, Mahir is much better than the landlord's playboy son." Warqa moaned as if in pain and did not speak. After a while she said, "I won't marry Mahir. Let Mr. Hamid take everything-I don't want the land or the house. I will sacrifice all for the sake of my religion." Her grandmother burst into exaggerated cries of despair. She insulted Warqa, using every unkind word she knew. Warqa tried hard to calm her and then she went to her room and lay on her bed, miserable and exhausted.

The next morning, Warqa did not come downstairs as usual.