I can't rewrite our fate

chapter 21: Fajr

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All night I couldn't sleep, thinking about the conversation me and Khalil had in the garden.

But currently I was petting my new kitten, Aslan.

"You are the cutest, Aslan." I said, whilst he buried himself further in my embrace.

Neha had been having nightmares in Amannah's room the past couple of nights, so I asked if she wanted to sleep in my bed tonight and she agreed.

I was worried about her, I can't lie. The way in which she'd been hiding what her marriage had been like. I don't know how she's been handling it inside after all that had happened.

I checked my phone to see if it was Fajr time yet.

I put my phone back and turned to wake up Neha.

"Neha, wake up." I whispered, patting her shoulder.

She slowly rubbed her eyes, "what time is it?"

"Fajr time, girl." I replied, turning the lamp on.

"Alright, let me go make wudhu. Have you?" She asked, getting out of bed.

"Yeah I still have wudhu, I haven't been able to sleep." I said, yawning.

"What? Why?" Neha said, concerned.

"No reason, just this little guy here." I said, smiling to Aslan.

"You really love him already, don't you?" She laughed.

"How could anyone not like him?" I replied, smiling.

Neha shook her head and began making her way to the bathroom.

I sighed and put my prayer abaya and scarf on.

I brought the prayer mat out and laid it carefully on the floor.

"Allahuakbar." I said as I began to pray.

10 minutes later, I went downstairs to grab a glass of water after finishing Salah.

After grabbing my water, I sat in the living room and recited some Qur'an.
As I finished reciting some Surahs, my eye caught something on one of the armchairs across the room.

What was that?

I carefully closed my Qur'an and went to inspect what it was.

Coming closer to the chair I realised it was a wallet.

"Noor? Yallah, you scared me!" Neha called out from the door of the living room.

"Sorry, I just saw this on the chair." I replied, holding the wallet up to her.

Neha nodded and walked closer to me.

"Whose is it?" She asked.

"Dunno, I guess we'll find out." I said.

Opening the black wallet, I saw a few credit cards but nothing that could tell me whose it is.

I removed a credit card from the left side of the wallet and felt a small piece of paper behind it.

Taking the paper out of the wallet I turned it over and it was a picture.

A picture of me and Khalil.

It was of us when we were little, 6 and 8 I would say.
I was wearing sunglasses and he was looking at me whilst holding a bunch of white roses in his hands.

He kept this?

"Is that you and Khalil?" Neha asked behind me.

"Uh- yeah." I replied, hesitantly.