Aliya pinned her fingers so hard, trying not to explode and finally said “I’m fine, how are you” “I’m fine, you asked about my wellbeing today, something you have never done before” he said it with so much excitement. Aliya was out of breath as he spoke. Every breath he took was like a stab in her heart. She swallowed her breath and said “I did today. There’s something I want to do, can we talk later?” When she hung up, she sat down on the floor and placed her hands on her head, in a thinking position. She was really in a state of confusion.

Aliya tried calling Harris,...