CHAPTER 30 A’ISHA VI It was right after Subh. I sat in the kitchen a mug of tea in my hands, awaiting Papa Baasit’s scolding. When I’d arrived earlier, distraught, in tears, and barely coherent, he’d let me in without a word and then showed me into the guest room. Now after a fitful two-hour …
TO ERR IS HUMAN: Book Excerpt …Before Khaalid could blink, there was a huge explosion. A fist of orange flames, burst into the darkening sky, lighting it up. Thick, black smoke rose up and filled the air. Shards of glass and metal rained down, flying in all directions. Khaalid was flung violently backwards by …
CHAPTER 29 GAFFAR VI Immediately after Subh, I headed out of the house, not bothering to check on my mum. No use starting another argument or shouting match. As I backed my car out of the house I thought I glimpsed a silhouette of Mama staring down at me from her bedroom window. She was …
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT GAFFAR V Just as soon as the door clicked shut after A’isha I rounded up on my mother. “Mum! You had no right! None whatsoever.” I released her and put enough distance between us. I didn’t trust myself not to do anything I’d regret. “I have every right! You’re my son …
