Meet Taliha, a renowned introverted bookworm with a haunting past and a secret alter ego as an up-and-coming Islamic writer. Her peculiar and unconventional reactions to life's twists and turns have left her questioning her very existence, as the wo...
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and Most Merciful, the thirty-third chapter of the story begins, please do enjoy it. Good luck!
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Since Arif's POV is so long, I had to split the chapter into two. Here is the first part from Arif's POV. The cassette has changed and the POV has been switched 🙂
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Arif's POV: I was walking to a campus cafe with my three best friends, Oliver, Noah, and Lucas. They accompany me everywhere I go. Lucas, a Mexican; Noah, an Englishman; and Oliver, my Muslim sibling.
The only Muslims in the group are Oliver and me.
To be honest, we aren't a group, but we had a long history together before we started university. I met Lucas in a coffee shop, and Oliver and Noah were childhood friends of mine. Noah is my nerdy pal; he always gets me, and Oliver reminds me why I enjoy being a Muslim.
Lucas is a lot of fun; we get along so well and always have so much fun. I arrange the entire event, and he makes it a success.
"Geez, guys, today was really tough." As we sat at a table in the cafe, Lucas sighed. "Don't you think?"
Lucas and Noah are the reasonable ones who think rationally, exactly like me---we work well together.
"Oh, Lucas, what exactly do you mean?"
"We only had one lecture today, guy. It isn't a huge deal."
Oliver and Noah laughed about it, while Lucas rolled his eyes to the side.
"Whatever, mate, I simply don't believe today was a good day to go to lectures."
Lucas dislikes lectures sometimes; he simply does not like them. Aside from that, he always gets good grades. He is one of the top five freshmen in our department.
I didn't say anything as I walked away from the table and out the door. They watched me leave, but they couldn't question me. As a result, they had to resume their chat.
