Mina And Samir's First Meeting.

One Year After Shyra And Imran's Wedding.

It has been almost one year since Shyra and Imran's wedding. Samir knew that he had to move on even though it would take a while for him to do that. But in his heart, he was happy for his best friend.

Samir knew the only way to get over his feelings was to work and work until he didn't have to think. It was on a Saturday morning when he had an important meeting that he needed to get to. As he was walking towards one of the rooms that the client had booked, he collided with a young woman who was carrying a cup of hot coffee.

The cup of coffee spilled on his white shirt and mildly burnt him.

"Ouch!! Watch where you are going..."

He said to the woman angrily. Samir didn't even look up to see who it was.

"You should watch where you are going. You are on your phone and can't even look where you are walking to..."

When Samir heard her voice, he looked up to see a beautiful woman who was wearing a blue and white hijab with roses on it. She had glasses on and looked on and looked at him feeling confused.

"I think you should pay for the cleaning of my shirt..."

She opened her bag and removed a bottle of water. She then unscrewed it and dumped it on his shirt.

"What are you doing?" Samir asks her. But all he got was silence.

"There now it is clean, I dont need to pay to clean your shirt. Now, it you will excuse me, I need to get back to work," the woman said leaving Samir speechless.

What's wrong with that woman? Now, I can't even go to the meeting with a wet shirt. Alhamdulilah I always carry a spare shirt in my car for emergencies. I guess this could be named as an emergency.

Samir quickly got out of the restaurant and walked toward his car to retrieve the clean shirt that was in the bag. He got into the car and changed into a clean shirt.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that he saw time.

Alhamdulilah, I am just in time for the meeting. Good thoughts now.

He walked into the room and saw an old man sitting there with a glass of water in his hand.

"Hey, are you Mr. Jameel?" Samir asked the old man with a smile on his face.

"Yes, that's me and you must be Samir, right?" The old man asks shaking his hand.

"Yes Sir. What can I do for you?" Samir asked as he took a seat beside the old man.

"I need you to find my granddaughter and protect her from my family," the old man started to explain to Samir. "I had a wife, but my family didn't approve of her because of religious differences. She was a practicing Muslim and I was a convert. We got married at the courthouse almost 35 years ago. We had a daughter before we were separated by my family. I kept helping her until she left with my daughter to a different place. The first private investigator I hired said that my daughter was married and had a daughter. My granddaughter. But he also said that my wife died almost 6 years ago. Now, I need you to find my daughter and granddaughter because... I have less than a year to live. I have Lung Cancer stage 4. The doctors say there's no hope for me. And I need to and for their forgiveness for everything that happened", Mr. Jameel tells Samir. He then opened his briefcase and took out two pictures.

His daughter and granddaughter.

When Samir saw the picture of Mr. Jameel's granddaughter, he was puzzled because he had met her before the meeting.

It's her! That girl is mannerless. She is my client's granddaughter which means it would be very easy for me to find her especially when she was wearing a work uniform.

Samir looked at Mr. Jameel and smiled at him.

"Sir, I think it will be easy for me to find your granddaughter first..."

"Do you know her? Do you know where she might be?" The old man asks without letting Samir continue with what he wants to say.

"Sir, calm down. To be honest, I saw your granddaughter when I was arriving at the restaurant. I didnt know it was her until you showed me the picture," Samir explained to him. "And it would be easy to find her because she was wearing a work uniform that could be for a hotel or even a bakery," he added making the old man smile.

"Alhamdulillah, thats amazing. And do you think that they will want to see me after everything that I have done to my wife?" He asks with tears in his eyes.

"I think you could start by being positive with yourself and thinking positively. They are still your family, Sir," Samir advised him.

After talking for a while they ordered food. Meanwhile, Samir couldn't stop thinking about that woman and how she dared to throw water at him.

And now, she is the granddaughter of a well-known businessman.

A few days later Samir knew exactly where to find her. She was working at the cafe that was opposite the restaurant.

When Samir walked inside the cafe, it didn't look like a place for someone like her would work in.

There were drunkards and drug addicts in the cafe. All Samir was thinking was that she needed to leave the cafe before it was too late.

Thankfully, Mr. Jameel told him, his granddaughter's name. It was Mina Rashid.

Samir found out about her father's death and that she has a younger brother who will be starting high school soon.

He took a seat on one of the booths and waited for Mina to take his order so that he could talk to her.

The moment, Mina saw him, a scowl formed on her face as she approached the booth.

"Hey, what can I get you?" She asked Samir as she handed him the menu.

"I need to talk to you. Don't worry, this isn't about my shirt. It is about your grandfather. He is looking for you, your mother, and your brother," Samir tells her surprising Mina.

"Are you feeling okay? I don't know any grandfather..."

"Here is his picture with your grandmother, and your mother," Samir says handing her an envelope that contained the picture.

Mina took the envelope, and as she was about to open it, someone started yelling at her to get back to work.

An emotion that Samir never thought he would feel.

Anger because no one deserves to be treated the way Mina is being treated by the man.

"Come with me and quit this job. I promise that your mother and brother will be fine. I will take you to your grandfather today," Samir tells her leaving no room for arguments.

Mina's heart and mind kept telling her to trust Samir and that he wouldn't hurt her.

"Fine but I need this job..."

"You wont be needing it anymore after this. Now, go and get your bags. I will be waiting right here."

Mina nodded walked up to the manager and told him that she quit the job.

Samir then took her to her house to tell her mother and brother about the grandfather that has been looking for them and wanted them to go and live with him.

Ever since that day, they walked inside Mr. Jameel's house, they never left as it became a home for the three of them.

Mr. Jameel wanted to thank Samir for finding his family, so he decided to invite him for lunch.

And thats how their relationship started for Mina and Samir.

When her grandfather found out how they first met, he knew that his granddaughter would be in great hands. He knew Samir was someone who would love and care for Mina.

"So, Mina. Will you marry me?" Samir asks Mina after one year and a half of getting to know each other.

"I will marry you but I have my condition. I am still not paying for your shirt," she says making everyone around them laugh.

Sometimes happiness comes when you are ready to receive it. Dont be in a hurry to find love, let love find you.