Chapter 101

Atifa's pov:

"She wasn't like this before..." I finally intervened, letting my presence known as I stared at the door, wishing for her to come back soon.

The room went silent for a while as they stilled, staring at me in shock. Maybe they weren't expecting me to be there, listening to their conversation. Finally turning to look at them, I passed them a small smile, trying not to show what a turmoil my mind had become because of them.

"Anyways, I hope you are enjoying yourselves." Not wanting to talk about it, especially to those people who were ready to judge ammi, I tried to change the topic. Even though I knew that at times she was just too much, and I couldn't believe what she had done or what happened, I still didn't know her reasons and no matter what, she was still my mother. I couldn't tolerate people talking like that about her.