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3. Rainy Interactions and New Beginnings"

A twinge of pain in her back made Ellen wake up, she had to see how her back was, she got up going to the bathroom, made her hygiene and tied her hair in a bun, fixed her bangs that were above her eyes, when she lifted her pajamas up and turned a little to the side she saw in the mirror a part of her back a little purple, as she was too white she had made a hematoma there, the woman complained and decided to apply a cream that relieved muscular pains.

She took a cream that she always carried with her and applied it, as soon as she finished slowly, she left the bathroom and went to her room, got her cell phone and checked the time, Ellen went to her room and noticed that her friend was still sleeping and decided to make breakfast for both of them, the woman decided to make a çay (tea) she loved Turkish tea.

Ellen had lived there since she was ten and had learned the Turkish language, besides speaking English perfectly she was fluent in Turkish, she talked to everyone in town in both Turkish and English, because in Turkey everyone speaks three languages, Turkish, English and Spanish.

The woman came into the kitchen sighing deeply, stretching her body, but when she lifted her arms she groaned in pain, her back ached a lot, she lowered her arms placing her fingers lightly on her back.

"What the fuck, all because of those assholes who looked like animals, what anger." She tried not to stress anymore, and prepared all the materials to make tea and something for her friend and her to eat.

When she finished, she would set the table and start eating, she couldn't bear to wait for her friend to wake up and feed herself.

Ellen ate a little and drank a lot of tea, it was very tasty, she moaned with pleasure drinking tea and eating.

As soon as she finished she saw her friend Sarah walking to the kitchen yawning, Ellen got up and went to her to wish her good morning.

" Günaydin ( good morning) my friend."

" Günaydin friend, our this breakfast looks wonderful." Sarah's eyes sparkled and her stomach rumbled with hunger.

" I made it especially for you." Ellen said blinking one of her eyes.

Sarah hugged her friend and they sat down and Ellen kept her friend company, who still looked very sleepy, her face was still puffy, she ate hungrily and drank her tea and said that everything tasted good.

The two chatted as they did every morning.

In the same building was Paul and Philippo, they lived on the same floor, the eighth floor, next door to each other. He liked to enjoy himself alone on weekends from time to time, he loved the company of a woman, but this weekend he wanted some peace.

He was drinking tea and eating a stuffed bread, he was admiring the view from his balcony while eating.

In the other apartment, Philippo only had tea, he was not good in the kitchen and didn't know how to prepare something to eat, he took his tea quickly and left the house with his suitcase, he had work to do, unlike his brother, he wore his brown glasses and a suit as usual, he went to the elevator quickly.

He didn't want to be late.

Ellen put on her casual clothes as usual, which was a short-sleeved, wide-sleeved dark blue blouse, she wore loose shorts down to her knees, her hair still tied up in a bun, she liked to wear clothes like this, to feel at ease.

She was going with her friend to the apartment next door to leave it open and wait for the moving truck, they both had a lot of things to do that day...

They went in and waited for the truck to arrive, Ellen didn't have many things, but she was looking forward to her new home.

Hours later...

The road had unloaded everything, the two had managed to get several things in order, Ellen was thanking her friend who was as tired as she was, the two were sweating but smiling at how far they had come, Sarah was telling her friend cleaning up the party author.

" Friend, I will heat up our lunch and bring it here for you, ok?"

" Taman ( all right) I'm going to stay right here." Sarah would send her a kiss and leave her friend's apartment.

Ellen continued to pack up some boxes.

Her room was finally tidy, the bed was made up and so was the wardrobe, some clothes had already been put away, the other boxes were close to the wall all lined up and she would finish them later.

The washing machine was in its place, the living room was almost organized, the bookcase with some decorative items was there, the sofa with the cover was arranged, but there were still some things missing to finish the living room, the kitchen was ready, just a few dishes to be arranged, the balcony of the apartment was huge, there was a washing machine, a clothesline, a sofa that was out there and some potted plants, not to mention the beautiful view.

Ellen had loved moving to the seventh floor, it was beautiful there, she stepped outside admiring the view, it was almost lunchtime, the sun was low in the sky. She smiled looking up, feeling the little warmth on her white skin ... she thought to herself that she would fulfill her wishes ...

To be a great policewoman, or something like that, to be successful, and take more care of herself, she didn't want to suffer like her mother had suffered, she wanted to have a different life. To be different. To feel good.

Ellen went back inside to finish some things, soon she was going to have lunch with her friend, and later she had to go to her course in the afternoon.


Philippo's working hours at the company were over, the man drove his car home.

He sped up holding the steering wheel with one hand and the other turned on the stereo, a soft song was playing and he felt a little calm due to the stressful day at work, he gave a short smile speeding up more, he wanted to get home fast.

Ellen was walking home, her college was not too far from home.

She looked up at the sky and it started to want to rain, she heard the thunder, she hurried her steps, the building was not far away, she looked around seeing some people passing by and also realizing that it was going to rain and they started to run, Ellen looked up at the dark sky above her and some raindrops were falling on her head starting to get wet.

She then started to run towards the building that was a few meters away, she ran and all the time looking to the sides, to see if no car was coming, when she saw that it was safe, she crossed the street and went to the building quickly, arriving at the gate she delivered her document and entered the parking lot and went to the block quickly, she didn't want to get wet anymore ...

When she arrived, she tried to remove some of the drops of water from her clothes, but it was in vain, her hair was wet, she passed her hand over her face removing the drops from her face and fixing her bangs, she went quickly to the elevator, as soon as she saw the elevator still open, she ran fast and got in, she hadn't even seen who was inside, before closing the doors she saw a pair of shoes making the doors open again.

Ellen looked up and saw who was in front of her? it was him... again, Philippo, he remembered the woman and was startled to see her again, in front of him, his heart was racing fast to see Ellen all wet and also seemed startled to see the man, he then took a deep breath and entered standing next to her…

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