Chapter 29

"My mother and my father got married twenty six years ago. He had never loved any child like he did me, why because. I was special to him and I was born to take his place at the Benj Brothers. My father never hurt me and made sure I was safe from any possible Danger but my life wasn't like Any teenager. I joined the Benj brothers at age 8. I hated it so much because I witnessed them kill poor people, just like I saw them kill your mum" his words send me aback. He knew my mum?. "What do you mean my mum?" I asked him calmly. "The day your mother was be headed I was made to..." he paused and began to cry. "I was made to poison her food but I couldn't Heza, she was crying and shivering and I was only 14 years old" he said. "Then what?" I asked. I had begun to cry as well. "I couldn't poison her so I was made to walk on hot coal as a punishment" he said. "I'm sorry Heza, if I knew she was your mother at that time, I would have saved her" he said. "It wasn't your fault Sufyan,