Mokhtar was still alive.
Nadim closed the wound. "I don't want you to die now."
...
They arrived at the grave of Nadim's mother, Maya.
They got out of the car.
Nadim: "I think the best thing I can do for you now is to make you say sorry to her before you die."
Mokhtar, crying and holding his stomach, went to her grave. He held it and cried, saying:
"I'm sorry, Maya, from all my heart. I was never a good husband. I know you thought I married you for your father's money, but I really loved you.
I couldn't attend your funeral because I was full of sadness and fear of what I did to you and our son.
Because of my stubbornness and selfishness, I destroyed you and your son for a stupid reason. I'm sorry.
I made a big mistake, but I learned from it. Please forgive me, Maya."
All of that was in front of Nadim, who was watching Mokhtar. The wound got worse, and more blood came out. Mokhtar started breathing his last breaths and said:
"I'm sorry, Nadim, because I was bad to you both."
And he died, hugging his wife's grave, as if it was a sign that she forgave him.
...
Nadim left quickly so no one would see him, and in front of him stood Khaled.
Khaled: "I saved you the time of looking for me. Come, let's settle this."
...
On the roof of the company building:
Khaled: "I didn't expect you to kill your father."
Nadim: "Thanks to you, you destroyed my feelings with your device. I thought there was no cure for me but to kill the one who started my pain, so I killed him."
Khaled: "No, the truth is, you're a bad person, and the device only freed your evil feelings and actions."
Nadim: "Did you come to kill me or what?"
Khaled: "I came to explain something to you."
Nadim: "What?"
Khaled: "Your father wasn't that bad. In the end, he was the reason you got out of my torture."
Nadim: "How?"
Khaled: "Listen. Mokhtar was my father's friend, and they worked together in some drug deals. Your dad was very smart in this stuff.
There was a retirement deal for my dad — a huge amount of drugs from America, enough for a whole country for years.
He tried to contact your dad for help, but Mokhtar refused, saying he had changed and wanted to bring his family back together.
So my dad sent someone to kill your mother to pressure Mokhtar."
Nadim: "And I killed that man."
Khaled: "Exactly. So the deal stopped until my dad died. Then I decided to complete it.
I planned to trap you to pressure your dad to help me. And it worked.
When you were under the device and tied up, Mokhtar had no choice but to help me.
So he made up that whole story about AI and ChatGPT stealing his novel. It was a fake accusation, and he fooled everyone.
We brought people from America pretending they were here to check the AI, but really, they were carrying the drugs — the deal."
Nadim: "Wait, you mean my dad never wrote a novel or had it stolen?"
Khaled: "Yes, it was all a plan to avoid having the bags searched and to help the deal go smoothly. It was a good plan."
Nadim: "You mean what happened at the conference was all fake?"
Khaled: "Mokhtar was amazing in his acting. And all of it... was for you.
And now, like a fool, you killed the man who thought, planned, and risked his life for you."