Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen All he wanted was some privacy to get himself under control, so of course his father was waiting in his bedroom. It was an effort to not just start crying anyway and keep going until Dad had given up on talking and left him to be miserable. But he didn’t want to cry … Continue reading Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Nineteen

Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Eighteen His little sister safely dropped off at her first class, Adnaan had no other justifiable reason to stick around campus other than the fact that he just didn’t want to leave. How ironic, that now he didn’t have to be here, he couldn’t stop coming up with excuses to stay. Going home was … Continue reading Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Eighteen

Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Seventeen Saami’ah had thought nothing could be more awkward than those first few days after she’d arrived at her father’s house. She’d been wrong. When she’d come down the stairs, everyone had been eating breakfast in complete silence. Adnaan had his phone in one hand and was holding it up obnoxiously close to his … Continue reading Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Seventeen

Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Sixteen Quitting a degree with less than half a year to go sounded like a colossal waste of time and money to Saami’ah, but she supposed she wasn’t any better. She’d spent months buying overpriced coffee and various desserts in order to not get kicked out of the cafés she’d been hiding away in, … Continue reading Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Sixteen

Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Fifteen The pushy barista from her coffee shop? Saami’ah blinked rapidly, trying to reconcile this information. The barista was a student at her university. Possibly even from her faculty, if Saami’ah was reading the title on her textbook correctly. “Sorry!” the girl chirped. “Wasn’t looking where I was going, as usual.” “It’s fine. My … Continue reading Fiction: Masquerade Chapter Fifteen