ABDALLAH
Every one leaves the auditorium and Sophia still doesn’t return. I wait for a while, then just walk out of there. I wonder if Sophia is lost and can’t find her way back. I drag a hand through my hair, eyes roaming left to right in search of her.
She said something about going to the bathroom, didn’t she? My brows crease. Why had she suddenly looked so horrified when I started telling her about my achievements and why I was on the stage?
The sound of my footsteps echoes in the empty, endless hallways. I hear hushed hissing from somewhere not too far away. Just as I’m about to round the corner, I see the source of the noise.
Sophia is standing with the MMA fighter.
A rage, dark and sizzling, surges up and into my veins. I peek at them, bracing one hand against the pillar so t
