A/N: I’ll be honest with you... I don’t like Chapter 18 AT ALL. It’s a little messy, and some scenes could have been written much better. I really want to delete and rewrite it, but for now, I’m leaving it as it is since I’m already working on the next one.
By the way, you’re not supposed to know this, but in the original draft, the scene where Asim finds Umul, when she can’t walk, he’s actually the one who picks her up. There wasn’t supposed to be a female officer, and obviously, he couldn’t carry her along with the freaking chair. But after some LONG thinking, I decided to make a female officer magically appear (turned the whole romantic moment into a comedy, yaar).
Anyway, knowing myself, I would’ve felt extremely guilty later for letting two non-mahrams get that close, plus it completely went against Asim’s character. Aghh, enough rambling... I just don’t like the chapter overall. I could’ve done much better, and I kind of disappointed myself there. Maybe I’ll re-edit it in the future.
By the way, who’s currently your favorite character from the book? (I have a feeling I already know what 80% of the answers are going to be!)