Completely fed up with my new thoughts on how Mr. Kiran, the vampire man whose beetroot threatened to spill out all the time, had been my official lover, I strained to meet the eyes of anybody. Confirmed, however still confused, over how once I had coincidentally suspected Mr. Hanan too the same way, I remained silent. "Is everything alright?", asked Anita. I nodded, feeling for her soft hands which came up to mine. "Did you eat something?" I nodded, thinking of the stale raw chicken reduced to a thousand pieces so we didn't starve. "Inayat" I didn't look up at her, for I felt unheard by everyone. "Girl...", she hummed, squeezing my fingers. I broke down. "This is honestly killing me! This...everything is!" I shook my head, hoping it all shut down like a virus of a laptop after

