What are you doing?
I swear if you ever bother me again,
I'll expose your shameless behavior!
Nadia!
This was the night before Nadia died.
She came back scared and crying.
Nadia!
What's wrong?
-What is it? -Nothing. I'm fine.
I'll tell you everything back in Cairo.
We never went back.
What's going on?
Did you tell my daughter I'm a bad mother and unfaithful?
Have you lost your mind? How could you do that?
Haven't you come to your senses yet?
-Aren't you scared-- -I'm not!
It's you who should be scared.
I'm not just telling your daughter.
I'll spread it all over Egypt.
Are you insane?
Haven't you heard Yassin?
I have.
But let's just think about it.
What's the bigger scandal?
The cheating businessman's wife
whose husband turns a blind eye?
Or the story of the poor girl
their son promised to marry so that she'd have an abortion?
Do you know what the media will report?
Your kids,
how will they see you?
And Mr. Yassin,
will he still be nominated for the cabinet?
Or will something change?
I think it's you who should be scared.
I knew all along you weren't innocent.
But I never imagined you'd go this far.
Well, now you know.
I started working when I was 16.
After my dad passed away.
You're not the worst people I've dealt with.
NADIA SUMMER 2007
Dad killed Nadia.
Was it Mona who told you?
Or your mother?
It doesn't matter who did.
Right.
It doesn't matter.
What matters is that you believed it.
What does this mean?
What if I told you it wasn't me?
Would you believe me?
Or have you already decided that I'm the villain in this family,
the one who needs to be gotten rid of?
I haven't decided anything.
I want to know the truth.
The truth is that it wasn't me.
Who was it then?
What about the Swiss knife?
And what Mona said?
If it wasn't you, then who?
Sweetie, sometimes we are forced to do things,
things we don't approve of.
For those we love.
To protect them,
no matter what they've done.
No matter what the cost.
I don't understand. What do you mean?
Your mother…
came to me with the Swiss knife.
Nadia's dead!
She said, "Handle it, Yassin."
So what I did, and what you were told…
was to protect her.
And you, of course.
Go ask her, sweetie.
Look her in the eye.
And tell her what I just told you.
Layla!
Hey, Layla.
-Hi, Mom. Where are you? -At home.
I'm coming over. I need to talk to you.
What's wrong?
I'll tell you when I'm there.
Yes, sweetie, we're at my place. What's wrong?
Okay, meet me at the villa now.
The villa?
Definitely not.
Why? I'm not going.
What do you mean? You have to come! We need to talk!
This…
is for my mother.
And this…
is for my sister.
And this…
is for the 15 years you took away from me.
I don't need to ask if you remember this.
Your face says it all.
Who told you about it?
Your daughter.
Layla.
She took me to the villa.
That's where I found it.
As for Mona…
she told me you buried it there.
She also told me you killed Nadia.
Why did you kill her?
It wasn't me.
If you want to kill me, go ahead.
But you'll never find out the truth.
Because I'm the only one who knows.
But it wasn't me.
Then who?
Who?
Dad said you killed Nadia, not him.
How come?
Mom?
He said if I look you in the eye and ask, I'll know it was you.
If you'd asked me this question only two days ago…
I wouldn't have answered.
But lucky for you, this is all happening today.
Everything I did was to protect this family.
But it turns out I was wrong.
Yassin threatened to do this.
If this ship goes down, we all go down with it.
But why is he doing this now?
Today?
Because this is his last resort.
He wants you to doubt me,
and everything we've agreed to.
But you tell me,
which one of us is capable of murder?
Me or him?
Who's the one who hired a hitman, Ali?
Never mind that.
Mona.
Didn't she see him burying the knife?
Who was burying it, me or him?
Answer me. Didn't you see him yourself?
Don't let your father turn us against each other again.
Your father was the one who killed her.
But how?
What do you mean how?
Everything points to you.
I saw you.
I saw you arguing with Nadia on the shore.
Leave me alone!
-You're a loose woman. -Don't say that!
And when you took Mona's knife.
How could it not be you? Tell me! How?
Dad?
What… What have you done?
I didn't believe him when he said you were helping him.
-I… Dad, I-- -She's been helping him?
What do you mean?
I came to all of you for answers, but none of you said anything!
I…
We agreed he would not harm any of you!
Wasn't that our deal?
-Wasn't the truth what-- -I'm here for the truth.
You're all here.
It's over.
There's nothing to hide.
Tell them.
Tell them what you told me.
Say it!
Nadia!
Nadia. You're okay, wake up!
Sir, I'm telling you, I'm certain.
My son would never do this.
All I'm asking is to keep it out of the papers.
You understand.
Thank you very much.
What's this?
How could you do this?
It just happened.
It just happened?
This is a disaster!
Your son--
-Do you realize-- -I do!
That's why I came to you!
To do what?
To figure it out.
I have a solution, but I need your help.
You know this will ruin the whole family, right?
Please, Yassin.
Let's not abandon each other now.
For our kids' sake.
-I should say I murdered my sister? -Not murder, an accident.
-It was a murder! -Manslaughter. According to the law.
What we thought was manslaughter due to negligence,
turned out to be murder. The kid might be executed.
Thus, the prosecution is charging the defendant,
Yehia Mohamed El-Sayed Mahran,
with the deliberate murder of his sister,
Nadia Mohamed El-Sayed Mahran.
Yassin, please.
Let's put our problems aside,
until we resolve this issue.
Liar! That never happened!
The last thing I'd ever do
is ruin this family.
I was protecting you.
By throwing a 20-year-old kid in jail?
"It's a misdemeanor, not a felony."
"Three years max. The prosecution and the judge will be sympathetic."
Didn't you say that?
You killed two people that day.
My sister…
and my mother, who died of grief for her kids.
Who does that?
No.
Mom would never do that.
If one of them is capable of murder, it's him!
Him!
Enough!
You killed her.
Not just because I saw you burying the knife back then!
But because you are selfish!
You killed her!
Why are you crying?
Leave me alone, Layla, please.
Just tell me.
What's wrong?
You're my favorite person,
after Mama Sawsan.
Do you know what your mother is?
She's a loose woman.
Do you know what that means?
It means she's cheating on your dad.
-Don't say that about my mom! -Don't you love her?
You should know who she truly is!
Layla?
How did you get that wound?
Those pearls,
I gave them to her.
I don't want her to have any of my things.
Because she said bad things about you.
Why is she saying that about you?
I love her.
But she doesn't love us.
Nadia hates us all.
She said that because she wants to hurt us.
Layla, stay away from her, understand?
But why doesn't she love us?
Because she's evil.
And she shouldn't even be with us.
I want you to stay away from her.
Don't you ever believe a word she says.
You understand?
Nadia hates us all.
She said that because she wants to hurt us.
And she shouldn't even be with us.
I killed her.
Nadia!
Why did you leave?
Nadia!
Why did you kill her?
She threatened me.
She said she'd expose us.
She talked to my daughter about me.
Who did she talk to? She didn't tell me anything until--
Your mom is cheating on your dad.
And your dad is turning a blind eye.
Why aren't you ready yet? We're diving now.
You guys go ahead.
What? Why?
I just don't want to.
You've been moody and ignoring me all morning.
Now you're saying you're not coming.
You guys go ahead.
I feel sick.
We have a lot to discuss in Cairo.
-Suit yourself. -…an international hit.
I'll call it Summer 2007.
Let's prepare our diving gear.
Okay, Mr. Director!
Why did you say that about Mom yesterday?
Answer me!
Enough, Layla. I don't feel like talking.
You're evil.
And you hate us, just like Mom said!
Ali!
I'll get changed and come with you.
It was my duty as a mother.
-You're a loose woman. -Don't say that!
It means she's cheating on your dad.
She shouldn't even be with us.
Will you please stop crying?
Nadia's dead.
I know. I'm sorry.
What's this?
What's this, Layla?
I didn't mean to.
Nadia!
I wanted to remove the butterfly because I was mad at her.
I love Nadia, and I'll keep drawing for her.
I didn't mean for her to go up to Heaven.
Layla.
What you just told me,
it has to stay between us, understand?
It's a secret.
Don't you ever tell anyone.
And you and I will never talk about it again.
You know this will ruin the whole family, right?
Please, Yassin.
Let's not abandon each other now.
For our kids' sake.
Since that day, I've been thinking that if I could just remember it,
I'd be able to understand!
Remember that you were admitted to a hospital
because of the trauma of seeing her body after she drowned?
I know she's gotten better since starting the medication.
She's talking again,
and eating regularly,
and she no longer wakes up screaming at night.
But I feel like there's a lot she doesn't remember.
Not just the incident, Doctor.
Some things have been wiped from her memory.
That's why I was against giving her any medication at this age.
This happens in many cases,
with both children and adults.
When they experience trauma,
or some major incident,
it's hard for their minds to comprehend it,
or even deal with it.
Especially at Layla's age.
That's when post-traumatic stress disorder occurs.
It has various symptoms, including what's happening to Layla.
Certain details of an incident
or a vague period might be erased from her memory.
That whole time is a blur, and nothing makes sense.
Maybe this is a gift from God.
Going through trauma is never a gift, Mrs. Sawsan.
I don't want her to remember any of it, Doctor.
-I don't remember him or his sister. -There's nothing to remember.
She was Ali's girlfriend, and she drowned.
Please, stop asking. For my sake.
But if anything reminds her of the incident, even years later,
it'll trigger an intense conflict in her mind.
Part of her will try to recall the incident…
while another part will try to protect her from it.
I remember, but I can't remember.
I can feel it, but I can't quite grasp it.
So her memories are distorted.
That's not how I remember it at all.
I thought Mona and Nadia used to wear matching clothes,
but it was me who dressed like Nadia.
Or her mind could rebuild that memory.
Meaning that she could project what she felt…
Nadia's dead!
-…or said… -Shut up!
Don't say that about my mom!
…or did, as if it was something she saw someone else do.
That's because her mind can't process
that she was in that situation.