Am I the only one that thinks choosing an outfit is stressful maybe it’s because I don’t have many clothes and almost all my clothes or should I say all my clothes aren’t up to Rayan’s family standard? I really care about what I wear but when I told Amal about it, she got into my head, as usual, she said and I quote, "It’s a big day for you Afraah, just as much as it’s a big day for Rayan’s uncle, you have to look your best." But to be honest, I don’t understand what she meant by that. It took me almost thirty minutes to select an outfit and all I got is a black abaya which I owned since high school, I’m not even sure if it still fits me. I held the cloth, sizing it on my body, it looks a bit small to me. I kept it down on the chair, still wondering what to wear, Rayan will be here in two hours and I haven’t thought of the cloth to wear, this is seriously stressful. With a ring on my phone, I checked it and Amal’s name and photo flashed across the screen."Hello," I said almost immed
I don’t know if it’s me but I feel like something bad is going to happen. Once Amal left, I entered Khalil’s room, and as usual, he was laid on the bed. I walked towards him and sat on the bedside, he adjusted his position once he saw me, he looked at me, head to toe, definitely wondering when and how I look different. "How do you like my new look?" I asked Still looking at me, Khalil began to cough, before I could pat his back, he stopped coughing. "Say something," I said "Not bad." He proclaimed "Not bad! Seriously! Come on, look at me." "I have seen better." He said with a bit of laughter in his voice "You’ve seen better, seriously, why don’t you tell me where and when you saw that." "Don’t be serious, Afraah, I was just joking." He coughed out"Are you okay?" Patting his back, I handed him over a glass of waterHe took a sip and gave me back which I kept on the side table "Are you okay?" I asked "Yes, I’m fine. Just a little cough." "Are you sure Khalil?" My heart skippe
Once I left Khalil’s room, I ran into Noor, she glared at me, starting from my head down to my toe."Did you do makeup and who’s cloth are you wearing?" She asked "None of your business." I rolled my eyes "Whose outfit is that!" She yelled Noor loves to yell, there isn’t a day she doesn’t yell "If you must know, it’s Amal’s outfit." I responded "I thought I was clear when I said I don’t want that girl in my house!"Her house! Is she drunk or what? "Amal is my friend and as far as I live here, she can come to visit anytime." "This is not_""My house!" I completed the sentence "I think you have said that more than a thousand times." I let out a short breath"Where are you going by the way." She asked; her voice filled with hatred and anger I ignored her question, and walking away from her she grabbed my hand. I just don’t seem to understand her, she tells me that she doesn’t want me to touch her and now she’s the one willingly holding my hand."Let go of my hand," I said "Where a
"Noor!" I yelled, walking in her direction. I felt like slapping the hell out of her but I didn’t want to create any scene in front of Rayan. "What do think you are doing?"There is no doubt that Rayan is the victim here, I know Noor is crazy, I know her weirdest behaviors but just didn’t expect her to do something like this. I know I say a lot about Noor crossing her limits, but today she proved me wrong, she has no limits. I don’t know what she was thinking about when she did this."What do you think you are doing?" I yelled Walking closer to them, Rayan instantly moved aside, "Afraah I_" "What do you think you are doing Noor?" I cut him off. I don’t need any of his explanations, I know what is going on here. "You have no shame, Noor" I said "Are you talking to me or Rayan?" Noor asked; her voice full of irritant and annoyance "You heard what I said, what kind of a sister are you." I sighed "Forget about you being my sister, you_""I’m not your sister!" She cut me off"Don’t! J
Once we arrived at Rayan’s house, he parked the car and walked towards the door, as the door opened, it revealed a lavish, well-decorated living room. There were a few people there, all were wealthy if not beyond. Everything and everywhere was beautifully decorated, I’m not exaggerating but even the waiters and waitresses smelled money. When Rayan talked about his uncle’s wedding reception, I thought it is going to be a simple but classy reception but what I’m seeing right now is beyond. I kinda feel like I don’t belong there, everyone here screams money and I just look like I don’t belong here.Rayan look at me, and he gave me a warm smile, it was like he noticed how tense I was. I smiled back and let out a breath. Whether I belong here or not, it doesn’t matter what matters is that I am here. Walking into the living room the first person we approached is a man that had a broad smile on his face "You made it! I’m so happy." He said Is he talking to me? "You look, great dear." He s
Noor POVI hate the fact that I have to endure Afraah and her brother, their presence remind me of their mother and her bad ways.I remember the first time I met her mom, I was just five years back then, not that I remember clearly but I will never forget what she did, I will never forget the way she acted toward my mother. Afraah thinks that I know nothing about her mom but she has no idea what I faced when I was a kid, she thinks I’m happy doing everything I do. Yes, it feels good to take revenge on her and Khalil but it will never change what her mom did to my mom let alone what she did to my late father.FLASHBACK We were in the car on our way to amazing land, we were going to celebrate my birthday there. I was so happy, I have been wanting to go to amazing land but my mom and dad were too busy, I recalled the time they surprised me with the tickets, I was so happy when they promised to celebrate my birthday there.I remember everything like it was just yesterday. The radio was
I was sited on the waiting chair outside Khalil’s room. Tears continuously fell to my chin my eyelashes were constantly dripping tears. This is all my fault, if I had not left Khalil alone nothing like this would happen. Why! Why? Did I leave him home alone? My tears were uncontrollably falling, I didn’t care about the people looking at me, this is a hospital and I’m sure I’m not the first person to have cried in here before. Noor! She must have done something to him, I know it I just know that she wouldn’t give me empty threats. I should have listened when she said she will hurt Khalil, I’m such a fool, I foolishly followed Rayan, why did I do that?"Khalil!" I whimpered If anything happens to him I won’t spare Noor, I won’t let her be. She is the cause of everything since day one. I slowly wiped my tears when I heard footsteps coming in my direction. I knew it is Abu, I didn’t want him to see me crying. Abu brought Khalil to this hospital, he says it’s the best hospital in the cit
I’ve been here for hours now, how many hours? I have no idea. Minutes after minutes I stand up and peeked through the glass hole. It’s been more than an hour now since the nurse walked out of the room. The first time she walked out, I asked her how Khalil was doing but she didn’t give me any valuable information. I have been sitting by myself for minutes, after I signed the hospital formality form, Abu said he was going to take it to the reception, and since then he hasn’t come back. I rested my back on the chair and closed my eyes. My eyeballs are already tired of crying, I have no tears left to waste.As I closed my eyes, in a short while, I heard the doctor's voice "Miss Afraah." He said I opened my eyes and in an instant, I stood up "Yes, is Khalil okay? Is he fine?" I hurriedly asked "Relax, we have run some tests on him and found out some necessary things I think you should know about.""Necessary things?""Yes, some necessary things." He repeated"Is he fine?" My heart skipp