Chapter 141

• When Atika returned from the toilet, she did not suspect I had damaged her cell phone. I put her phone back where it belonged and finished my avocado juice.
• “I’ll think about your suggestion,” Atika said later after she sat down and returned to eating her remaining food. I smiled a little and ate my dessert. I ordered a cold berry fruit pie that was delicious and sweet.
• “I hope in the future we can communicate more often, I don’t think Reyhan wants to interfere in this matter,” I said, continuing to provoke Atika so that she felt hopeless. I knew she was after Reyhan.