🥉 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 #𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫
How does it feel to witness history unfold before your very eyes? To live a thousand years more and watch nations change all around you?
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Maalik S...
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"What is wrong with you?"
Ada's furious tone only made him feel worse. Her voice was louder than it ever has been in years. He had finally driven her over the edge.
"You threatened our little girl and aimed an arrow to her skull?" She was in complete disbelief. "I know she's not making this up. She loves you too much to lie about you. But an arrow? Right against her forehead?"
Maalik didn't answer. He just leaned against the indoor walls of his home with his head lowered, a crestfallen look plaguing his face. Only a single wicked candle softly illuminated the room in an orange glow.
"At first you wanted her to shoot you, but then you threaten to shoot her? I cannot believe what I am hearing. You of all people? Did our visit to Amun's temple teach you nothing? How could you even conceive of doing such a horrible, despicable thing?"
"I didn't mean to." His excuse was finally heard.
"You snatched it from her hands, talked down on her and threatened to murder her! You didn't mean to? You didn't mean to?! Shame on you!"
For a brief moment of silence, Maalik couldn't think of anything to say. He knew very well that he was a hundred percent at fault here. What confused him most of all was why he even did it in the first place. Thinking back on it, it's not something he could have ever imagined of doing, especially to his own daughter.
"Only a sick, twisted snake would do something like this." She continued to rightfully degrade him. "Where is the man I love, the man our daughter relies on? I don't see a man, I only see an abuser."
"Ada, I'm sorry." The moment he said it, he was slapped harshly across the face.
He nearly fell over as a result, but he kept his balance and leaned back on the wall. There's no use in fighting back, he knows he deserves it.
"Why?" Her voice was beginning to crack. "I want to understand why this happened. Are you sick? Are you possessed? You love Aisha, sometimes I think you love her more than you do me."
Maalik wished he knew why, but this was beyond his control. "I can't remember, Ada. I don't know what happened. You know me, you know I couldn't have done this."
"That little girl was in tears, sobbing because of what you did. Are you denying it?"
"Why in Amun's name would I threaten my daughter?!" It was happening again. His voice had risen, and his tone only worsened. "Do you believe that I am capable of harming a child, let alone my own girl? Who do you take me for? I am telling you, I don't know what happened in that desert! Get that through your head, I would never commit this heinous atrocity!"
