The Blue Elephant Page #3

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Between you and me

did Basma have an affair?

Can you describe him?

Draw, Sherif!

Anything.

"40110020019"

What?!

What's the matter, Sherif?!

What can I do now?!

you are disabling me, man!

What?

Where is your report on this case?!

What?, is there a problem?

Leave this case to me, I will read it

and sort it out, before the committee comes.

What are you talking about?

Sherif is staying with me.

And why are you so upset, are you engaged?!

Try to understand.

They ask for a special format for the

report, which you don't know, yet.

Listen to me, he is finally getting

comfortable and starting to talk.

And the committee will be seeing

3 cases apart from him

what is so special about this case?

Sam...

Here they come.

Welcome back, Yehia!

Thanks, doctor!

I will wait for you in the office

to drink a cup of tea and talk.

I want to hear from you.

What's the news about your case?

What have you seen?

Auditory and visual hallucinations...

A typical Schizophrenic case.

It's too soon to judge.

Are you comfortable, son?

Look, son...before anything.

We are not prosecutors.

And this is not an investigation.

And your hearing is not impaired

so answer me, so that we can help you.

What's your name?

Your age?

Ok, then.

What's your job?

A mule-merchant.

What?!

This is inappropriate, son.

Show some respect and answer properly.

You think we are asking

because we don't know!

Why were you fired from the hospital?

They say you killed

your wife, is it true?

Ok, which type of Schiz.

are you planning to fake?

Paranoia, for example?

Tell us, so that we can help you.

How many of us are in the room?

Six.

No, we are only 5.

Where did that sixth

person come from?!

And what's the name of this guy

sitting with us while we don't know.

This is all acting work.

Bad acting, actually.

What doctor?!

At least you should have

studied the case properly.

Sit down.

Sherif!

Sherif!

Sherif!

This is going to be the case of the year!

"40110020019"

What do you think, doctor?

He is going to be a big headache, of course.

Someone like him, can very

easily fake symptoms.

But, he is going to make

a mistake, eventually.

I am not saying that a psychiatrist

can never get ill.

But we have seen a lot of tricks.

I want you to inform the nursing

to keep a good eye on him.

And I need to know why he was

fired from the hospital.

And be a bit tough on him, Yehia!

I want you to provoke him.

I want him to get angry.

I want to see what his anger will show us.

Ok?

But, wasn't this guy in class 1994?

That means 5 years before you.

Haven't you ever seen him?

I can't seem to remember him at all.

You know that each batch

is 1,500 students.

Yes, yes, that's true.

Lobna!, how are you?

How are you, Yehia?

How are you?

Say Hi.

Sorry, she is a bit shy

you should have seen her in the club.

God bless her.

Go sit there, Karima!

Have a seat.

What would you like to drink?

I will take an espresso, and tea for Karima.

Do you want a cheese cake?

One cheese cake.

Another espresso for me.

You have changed a lot, Yehia!

10 years is not a short period.

You have changed, too.

To the better of course.

No, no, not now.

Thanks.

What's new in your life?

I got married.

And got Haniya.

I work as an HR manager in a bank.

Have you got married?

I was.

You got divorced, for sure.

That's normal, everyone

is divorced nowadays.

Have you got any children?

I used to have Noor.

My wife and daughter died

in a car crash, 5 years ago.

Hania!, you can go play in the kids area.

Karima!

Take Hania to the kids area.

I am so sorry, Yehia!

I really didn't know.

I called your sister, but...

Don't say anything, Lobna!

That's an old story.

Let us concentrate on the person

that we can still help.

Tell me what happened.

When I knew that Sherif was in "Al Abasya".

I prayed to God that you would be there.

Fortunately, I am responsible for his case.

Sorry.

Sherif and Basma met in a wedding.

You can say love at first sight.

A few months later, they got married.

Their relationship was going well.

Untill 2 months before the accident.

I was in France at that time.

I had some work to do.

And when mom called me.

I knew that Basma and

Sherif were having some problems.

What kind of problems?

She was feeling that Sherif

is treating her differently.

She suspected that it was

due to her pregnancy.

She called me later, and she was devastated.

She was feeling that he

was having an affair.

And she said that she doesn't know

anything about his life anymore.

While he was at home, he always

locked himself up...for days.

And she told me very weird things.

Like what?

He talks to someone, while he is alone.

As if he sees him.

He stays for hours staring at a corner.

And he said that his left arm is

diseased and must be amputated.

These are normal symptoms

for Schizophrenia.

You mean, two personalities?

This is how it is portrayed in the movies.

But Schiz. is actually nothing like that.

It's a mental not a psychological disorder.

It creates delusions.

For example:
"The intelligence

is watching me."

"Someone is spying on me."

"My wife wants to poison me."

Go on.

Later, he kicked her out

and changed the door lock.

She stayed with her parents for a week.

He called her, apologized

and begged her to come back.

When she came back, he opened

the door fully naked.

And there was that tattoo that you saw.

After that...

After that he raped her

with extreme violence.

This is what she told me on

the phone while sobbing.

I feel that I am living a nightmare

that won't end.

Lobna!

Please calm down, we are not alone.

I don't know if you knew or not...

But Basma was pregnant

when she was murdered.

Sherif was dying for a baby.

It's unbelievable that he did

this after 4 years of waiting.

Which one of them had a problem?

Him, Sherif.

Suddenly, Basma became pregnant.

He might have suspected that...

No!

I know Basma better than myself

don't ever say this.

The only possibility is that

Sherif wasn't himself for a moment.

Or maybe, there is another

woman in his life.

And he did all of that

to get rid of Basma.

I can't believe that this is

how you think of Sherif.

Don't get me wrong, Lobna.

I am putting myself in

the committee's shoes.

The problem is that your

brother is a psychiatrist

which is complicating his

situation a lot.

I want to see him.

We must get a permission from

the public prosecutor.

Let me see what I can do

and I will tell you.

By the way...

Does Sherif have a bank account?

Yes, I've opened an account for him.

But this is not a bank account number.

Nor a credit card number.

Do you have the key

for his apartment?

Maybe we will find

something that can help us.

Yes, I do, unless Basma's

parents have changed the door lock.

Keep it with you.

Can you come with me?

Come in.

Does your phone have a flashlight?

Yes, here it is.

Hold the phone, Lobna!

"40110020019"

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