The Black Truth (A Muslim's Story) ON HOLD

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Chapter 7

Jamilah's P.O.V

  After parking the ducati by the lake, I jumped off it grabbing my coffee thermos with me, I jogged 

towards the big rocks that slept silently in the lake reaching the last one, I slowly sat there placing the 

thermos on my side I inhaled a vast amount of air before washing my hands with the lake's water. I 

looked at my reflection by the help of the full moon which reminded me to fast tomorrow I softly 

removed my lenses and threw them into the water. I stared at my self, seeing only one eye was obvious 

while the other was to dark to be reflected as I placed my hand on my right eye trying to calm it's 

wildness and sooth it down, I hated how I always hid my eyes with these fake lenses it hid everything,

even I couldn't read myself when I saw my reflection on any surface, my right eye was light, brown in 

color compared to my left one which was dark brown more like black, simply they were like gold and 

black together, my mom had hazel brown irises while my dad had chocolate ones, I didn't know where 

I got the mix from but I never minded, in fact I thought it was cool, having a pair of eyes of different 

color wasn't something you would always come across or wish for, I hated my right eye, so bright that 

it made me hate it wishing if I had both my eyes wrapped up or blind instead of seeing the accident.

    I ran from them and crossed the road approaching the old peach tree happy because I was getting 

my bandage removed, I was born with my left eye partially blind , had to wait for my tenth birthday 

to do the surgery, thanks to Allah the surgery was done in success never feeling so happy in my a 

decade life, Jabir and Jamal promised me that they would take me to the old peach tree and I would 

open my bandage there, I looked behind me making sure that they didn't catch me as I placed my 

hand on the trunk of the old tree I jumped up and down my short hair dangling around my ears, I 

turned around again looking for the boys but finding them in no sight I walked back to the road and 

stopped in my track then looked behind me to the old tree making sure that they weren't pulling any 

pranks on me,

like hiding behind the trees then announcing that they had passed me to the old tree , I shook my head 

and walked back to the peach tree and sat under it making sure my hand was on it's trunk proving 

that I had touched it first, I tilted my head to the side letting my free right eye wander over the trees 

searching for them, I brushed the leaves of my yellow dress with my small hands and straighted my

legs crossing them at the ankle, I sighed getting tired of whatever they were planning on about, I stood 

up quickly after hearing the sound of tires screeching, they made an unpleasant high-pitched noise on 

the road, I ran as fast as I could shocked that they were going to leave me alone in a deserted place,

as soon as I reached the road I could observe Jabir's black Mercedes parked at the base of the mountain,