Window To A Different World: Life, from another point of view

By Fadi Afram

This is the story of a twenty-five-year-old girl named Sarah, who observes the outside world from her window on the sixth floor in a city called Romanzia.
Sarah witnesses several unusual events that take place around her as she awaits the day when she can reunite with Noah, the love of her life, who is stuck in Farestan, thousands of kilometers away, due to an uncontrollable epidemic.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jun 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781716828478

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Table of contents:

CHAPTER 1. THE NIGHT BEFORE

CHAPTER 2: THE NOTIFICATION THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

CHAPTER 3: THE INFECTION

CHAPTER 4: THE SPREAD

CHAPTER 5: THE CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER 6: THE WINDOW

CHAPTER 7: FATE AND HOPE

CHAPTER 8: THE DELIVERY AND THE NEWS

CHAPTER 9: THE THINGS THAT MATTERED

CHAPTER 10: A BIOMEDICAL WAR

CHAPTER 11: THE FAMOUS BAKER

CHAPTER 12: FUTURE GOAL

CHAPTER 13: ALL TALK NO ACTION

CHAPTER 14: THE NIGHT OF 13TH

CHAPTER 15: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET

CHAPTER 16: FARESTAN VS ATLANTICA

CHAPTER 17: THE FIGHT

CHAPTER 18: THE SECOND INFECTION

CHAPTER 19: FIRST DAY OUT

CHAPTER 20: A VIDEO CALL

CHAPTER 21: LEAKED INFORMATION

CHAPTER 22: SITUATION STILL SAME

CHAPTER 23: THE ROLE MODELS

CHAPTER 24: THE PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER 25: THE RECOVERY

CHAPTER 26: THE CONCERT

CHAPTER 27: VOLUNTEERING

1. THE NIGHT BEFORE

"The glitter in the sky looks as if I could scoop it all up in my hands and let the stars swirl and touch one another but they are so distant so very far apart that they cannot feel the warmth of each other even though they are made of burning."

— Beth Revis

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It was a warm winter night in Romanzia, a cloudless sky filled with bright stars circling the full moon. The main street of the city of romance was crowded, people coming from different ways, gathering, and taking advantage of the excellent weather—one of the many nights when each person there seemed happily blessed.

A little girl, with her mother, waited for her cotton candy to be prepared by the man with the big white hat while observing an old lady walking her dog toward the bench for a little break. Two lovers sat, holding hands and laughing with glow in their eyes and bliss in their souls. Teenagers rode skateboards, passing them, jumping over boxes that have been set near the old theater building, and then rolling by the lovely small café where a businessman was having coffee and discussing plans with his future partner.

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Sarah stepped out of the hot bath she had prepared— one that smelled like beautiful passionate love—put down her glass of champagne, and then dried her ravishing body with the hanging towel.

She walked out of the bathroom as she put her robe on and brushed her hair, all while gracefully transferring the flute glass from one hand to another. She then stood by the window of her cozy apartment, looking out at the joyful people on the street while thinking about him:

Noah, the love of her life, was thousands of kilometers away at that moment. He was flying back the next day from Farestan to celebrate Valentine’s Day with her.

She was thinking about the dress she would wear to the restaurant, the perfume she had bought and kept specially for tomorrow’s event, the beautifully wrapped PlayStation, and the many gifts he would be bringing her from Farestan. The twenty-five-year-old charming girl could see herself sitting at the table of the restaurant with him, listening to sweet and calm love songs, drinking wine, and laughing. She pictured the joy in both their eyes as they hold hands and share the kisses and hugs they have longed for after the time they had spent apart. She already wished that night would never end.

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Excitement and joy surrounded the people on the streets, some with their guitars, singing old national songs out loud,