Chapter 34 22: She Looks Beautiful

"Wait, do you think that you might be heavy or something? And you aren t a whole human being, you re half." She groaned in annoyance and before she replied, he had pushed a spoonful into her mouth and her words were made guttural by the food. He fed her and in between the breaks he gave her, Maryam spoke incessantly that the began to wonder what had gotten over her. Yet he understood she was just being enthusiastic about the henna and the hair she could already feel its softness without touching or even seeing it in the mirror. "Can we continue with that movie now? It s boring here." She said at last and Na im thought that maybe he could get the silence he badly wanted without her questions ringing in his ears. He brought his phone out and played the movie while she rested her head on his shoulder. The way she did that, Na im was sure she didn t know where she had her head placed on or even if she knew, she did that innocently without any thought. He smiled a