Chapter Fifty-Four
It came back rushing like a playback. I could see everything, the abortion, my actions, and the pregnancy, everything that happened during those days. I watched them under my closed eyelids. Amir flashed into it, angry, disappointed and betrayed. He walked away and I saw myself shout his name again and again. The loneliness, the silence, my heart breaking, the whole feeling came back. They felt so real. I woke up with a sharp gasp. I had not shouted but just woken up suddenly with a jolt. I sat up quietly, my heart racing. Mahira was sound asleep beside me, a drool running down the side of her jaw and her hands and legs spread out in different direction. A bad sleeper, I noticed. Noiselessly, I climbed out of bed, my head pounding from nightmare. I just could not tell him. I was scared t
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