Capítulo 49: The Siblings

Two people sat at the corner most table in a restaurant. To strangers, they look like a couple on a date. What we see is not always true. This was the case for the siblings.

Khalid and Rumi sat with a heavy silence hanging between them. They were both in a dilemma. Were they wrong from the beginning? Did they make a grave mistake?

None of them was ready to accept the mistakes they made. It's in human nature, after all, to deny obvious things. Sometimes, they lie to themselves until they believe their lies.

It has been a month since Zamarad disappeared out of their lives. They were ashamed to realize that, her absence wasn't felt at all. It was as though she never existed. This was the case even with their parents.