22 Zain

PART FOUR

“Let your Sultan watch.”

22

Zain

The atmosphere was tense, like the day before when I entered Zara’s room after my dinner with Nasrin. She had told me to be good and behave. I wasn’t expecting my sister smiling and talking with Khalid. Her hair was shorter than before, that suited her almost too well.

She was going to break so many hearts. I already pitied them.

After complimenting her on her new hairstyle, I asked her if she was okay. We talked about what had happened that caused all of us to be mad at each other. We both listened to her, soothing her in a calm voice when she told us about the heartbreak, some boy ghosting her.

Khalid and I shared a relieved look when she told us how angry she was at him. We knew if it had been more than that, we would have to take action. After she calmed down, I asked her what she wanted to do next. She was excellent in all her academic subjects, but we knew none of them made her want to pursue it in the future.

“I want to travel the