Chapter 9- All Good Things Last Little

Mashal-The Light

‘’Why is it that all good things come in small packages?’’I used to wonder a number of times. Then I would answer myself, because smaller packages run out of their goodness sooner than larger ones. What me and Umar had was not just good, it was more than that for the two of them, it was addictive yet serene at the same time, it was young and genuine yet boldly mature and risky! I kept questioning my Almighty Creator, how long would I have to go through the torment of hiding my feelings for him from my best friend Mona, my mother, our other mutual friends and keep meeting him in secrecy.

Secrets always leaked somehow eventually. But this, however, would be no ordinary secret, it would be a scandal. South asian societies resembled orthodox British societies in that manner even in the early 2000s. Where girls and boys did not openly hang out with one another and courtship was always conducted very quietly or in the presence of parental supervision.