hello friends, i hope you've been well. ramadan mubarak to those on a spiritual quest this month. i've been mia for quite some time, as most have noticed. during this time, i haven't completely forgotten "my silver lining" nor everyone anxiously waiting to continue reading it. i thought i'd rewrite it, and attempted several times, before eventually realising i couldn't do it. i didn't know conner as well as i needed to. i didn't know how to continue the story or where it was meant to end. i couldn't do his story justice. even though he was, and continues to be, a character dear to my heart, conner and yusra's story are meant to be written by the person who first found them (@NiqabiUndercover). the bits i've written so far and the continuations i’ve developed are the events in the life of an unnamed character. they, unfortunately, don't belong to conner isaac. i understand the confusion and frustration you must feel, especially if you were as attached to conner and yusra as i was. but i believe it’s time for me to let them go back to where they belong, in Amna’s world. thank you, Amna, for allowing me to take on conner’s story, which i was unable to realise. thank you, yes, you, for silently reading the story, loudly commenting, heartedly voting and heatedly engaging in conner’s life. thank you for your criticism and compliments; patience and excitement. everything i put in “my silver lining” from my imagination is part of someone else’s story. another boy with a different fate. i hope he will materialise soon so i can share his life with you. xoxo Amina