Chapter 9

I came back earlier than usual today, Noor wasn’t home and she took the pantry key with her. Jamil and Hannan had already arrived from school and were starving, I tried calling her phone several times but she didn’t pick up.

I checked the fridge for some leftovers but there weren’t any, I decided to buy some packs of instant noodles and cook for them. After I did they kept on complaining about how the food is dry and had no veggies in it, I calmed them down and explained to them despite I explained they blamed me for Noor’s behavior, they said it was my fault Noor took the key with her and if I wasn’t stealing the foodstuffs, Noor would have left the key with me. I didn’t feel bad as I knew it wasn’t them talking but those words were Noor’s, she must have told them to say that. I didn’t beg them to eat the food when they said they won’t eat a food with no veggies in it, but after they watched Khalil eating the food with no complaints they began eating.

Soon, I had already done all my