Layla rubbed Sami's hand.

And if I take a reed if I rub this, something very amazing happens.

The problem was that the money from my last salary was about to run out, and such a lunch gathering would put too much pressure on my already tight budget, but thank God he said it was his treat, i.e. for free, so I went (I am joking, of course 50 shekels is not that much).