Chapter 42

Dashtan turned to Rakia as the woman mentioned the name of the woman currently on his doorstep, his face betraying confusion.

"Do you know her?" Dashtan asked curiously.

"We met at the greenhouse when her mother took her there." Dalilah answered Dashtan's question. The man turned back to his guest.

"What brings you here?" Dashtan spoke with no friendly intonation at all. Dalilah was instantly nervous at the man's unfriendly tone with her. She would have had to summon up so much courage and guts to see him alone if not for something urgent that only he could help her with.

"I... Want to talk to you, it's urgent, please...," Dalilah pleaded. Rakia, who felt ignored, turned away and returned to the house. Her mind immediately thought of all the assumptions about Dashtan and Dalilah. Everything only led to one conclusion. Rakia chose to return to the kitchen and eat pizza alone. For her, she did her best not to interfere too much with the man's personal life as long as Dashtan didn't