Give Me Your Hand's

I'm Waiting for You to Return my Bride

A black-colored samsak fist hung in a room. The sandbag was swaying after getting a blow from a man. The sweat ran from his head to his body. His abdominal and arm muscles formed lumps here and there looking very perfect.

The brown eye bead stared fiercely at its target in the form of a photo of a man. A kick he lay into the photo attached to the samsak. The colored paper floated and fell to the floor, with its image facing upwards.

"You're no match for me, stupid mechanic! Don't expect you to take Ivy away from me!"

The man took off his gloves and picked up a towel hanging from a wooden pole stalk. He rubbed his wet hair and face and walked towards the bathroom.

Ferrite took out a short-sleeved green t-shirt, combed his long hair and swiped it back. Almost every day he picks up a small arrow and throws it at the target board in the shape of a circle. The board was hanging on one of the walls of his room. The yellow arrow shot and stuck in the midpoint of the board.

A room with walls that are light gray, and wood floors that are brown look very spacious if only lived by one single man.

On each wall of the room there are various photos of Ivy with the same pose. Before his wedding day, Ferrite had asked a painter to paint Ivy's face on a canvas. The painting was finished, a beautiful and charming smile was drawn in the scratches of the painting.

"Sooner or later, you'll be mine Ivy Eleanor" murmured Ferrite as he looked at the face painting of Ivy hanging on the wall, which was attached to his bed. The man drank a glass of his Brandy with one gulp.

"How strong are you going to live outside, Ivy. After your father died and all your wealth ran out" he said, looking at Ivy's painting.

"You're going home and whining for my help, just like your father!"

When the late Victor Eleanor showed Ferit a photo of her two daughters, the man had chosen Ivy as his bride. He is obsessed with getting Victor's biological daughter, because the woman's face is very similar to the face of his ex-wife who died a few years ago in a cruise ship accident.

The man came out of his room and went down some stairs in the corner of his house. On the lower floor also did not escape the photo Ivy scattered in every room. It was as if Victor's daughter was the hostess.

"What did you get?" ferrit asked Hasan, a confidant of his who had worked for many years helping the man.

"Ivy." Hasan suddenly stopped his words when Ferit glared at him.

"Call her Miss Ivy! Did you forget that that woman was my future wife?" The sound of Ferrite rising.

Hasan, the thirty-two-year-old man bowed his head before Ferrite.

"Miss Ivy has successfully paid for her sister's chemotherapy. Now they've left the hospital."

"Where do they live now?" asked Ferit who walked away from Hasan and stood behind the man.

"The two brothers lived in their servant's house. The Fener district. They only have three. The ship's mechanic had helped Miss Ivy to pay for her sister's hospital" Hasan explained after giving her information.

Ferrite raised one of his eyebrows and clapped his hands several times. A laugh came out of the man's mouth.

"A very interesting story. Where can a ship mechanic help pay for chemotherapy? Has the man found any treasure on one of his sunken ships?"

"Sorry, Sir. I don't know where that mechanic got that much money from." Hasan seemed to be thinking.

"Nothing." Ferrite gave a small card to Hasan. "Just do this."

*****

After two days of post-chemotherapy hospital treatment, Nur and her two children returned home. Ivy opened the windows of the house wide to make the outside air go inside.

For a few days, he tried to enter his various job application letters but no one called him.

"Ivy..," said Nur who had just returned from the market. The woman bought a lot of vegetables and meat. "It's good for Deniz."

Victor's daughter immediately helped Nur to bring her shopping basket.

"How did you sleep last night?" tanya Nur cleans the vegetables, while Ivy helps her to cut the vegetables that have been washed.

"Deniz and I fell asleep, after a few nights I slept in the hospital chair" replied Ivy, who put the vegetable in a container.

The sound of knocking on the door was heard from outside three times. From behind the window, Deniz could see a man standing in front of the house.

"Let me open!" deniz was in the living room. The boy immediately got off the sofa and opened the door wide.

Those green-eyed beads noticed the face of a young man. His eyes then turned to the bouquet of white lilies held by the young man.

"Who are you?" asked Deniz who did not take his eyes off the young man. The little eye saw the black futsal shoes worn by the flower bearer.

"Does Miss Ivy Eleanor live here?" ask the young man who wears the uniform from the florist.

"Yes. I'm his sister" replied Deniz loudly. "What do you need to do to find my brother?"

Ivy immediately came out to Deniz and the flower shop employee. "Sister, he's looking for you."

The young man gave Ivy a bouquet of white lilies, and asked her for her signature as a receipt. Ivy immediately thanked him.

Ivy picked up a greeting card attached to the plastic wrapper.

"Congratulations on the chemotherapy that Deniz has undergone. May he be healthy always. I will always wait for you to come home to my bride. From Ferit Kozan," said Ivy read the inscription on the greeting card.

The lilies and greeting cards just slipped out of Ivy's hand. The young lady's face looked pale from shock. Both of his hands were holding on to the edge of the sofa.

"What's up, Ivy?" Nur's voice came from within. The lady picked up a bouquet of flowers and a small pink card that fell on the floor.

Just like Ivy, the servant of the Eleanor family looked surprised after reading the writing.

"That man never let me go, Nur. He still wants this wedding!" Ivy exclaimed with her reddened eyes and her breath going up and down.

Nur could only cover his mouth wide with his palm.

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