nds hiding it behind me with my eyes wi

nio

' I shake my head. I can ne

ut from Junior?!" Tina shouts angrily her voice starting to sh

k down at her hands. "I didn

voice raises in frustration. "After

p you in any way I can. You don't have to go through

hand in mine. "I am so sorry, Tina. I should have said so

shock, too. I didn't know how to tell you this. I

comforting eyes that are filled with tears."You ju

I will find the money. We need to get you admitted. We need

she speaks her mind. "I will pay for ever

ill do whatever it takes. I

cannot do the impossible. I tried that too

what you had to do. Even if we

ving you in so much debt already. I do not wa

my sister, neither is Junior and I l

elfish thing I will ask of you is to check on Junior

AH'

am I. Allow us to continue with the marriage

ousin Shamsi who pretends to shy away sitting

hierarchy. Followed by my father. No one in our fami

t, with more than fifty of our closest family membe

you, she shares your values and beliefs. She is a good match

then points her finger to Ahmed, my younger brother,

s fork down r

ter willingly into a loveless marriage just to secure th

llows me. My younger brother, Ahmed is

he air is thick around the ro

his angry warning eyes to Ahmed. My father's face tu

ning table is scared. Grandma looks at Ahmed with a m

n with a white linen handkerchief befor

h snippets of memories from yesterday. The memo

he mansion to Naomi throwing herself

t expect that... NAOMI...the test of her na

the lottery yesterday and held her again

hen I failed and the pain was impossible to take. I

rt my heart enough to stop it f

Naomi s

ive years since we broke up. And when she showed

y family member on this table and their problems are invisible to me

r was for her to walk back

in our relationship. She did not send a message

finally

When I walked to my car and a message came along deman

ness transactions. Our relationsh