The journey ahead

Jamal released his hold on her and he looked into her eyes intently.

"I believe you, Dawn. I agreed that I might not have believed you at first but that was because you were so full of vengeance that I couldn't trust you. If you had told me about what you learned later, I would have believed you completely without a doubt," he explained to her.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Sultan," she apologized too.

"I think I like it better when you call me Jamal," he told her.

"Or you mean you like it better when I yelled your name?" she asked and chuckled.

He chuckled too and held her hair to play with them.

"You can stop wearing hijab from now and always let down your hair instead," he told her.

"Do you mean it?" Roksolana asked in a suspicious tone.

"Yes. You can stop wearing ladies' attire too whenever we are alone and you don't have to learn all those sewing and knitting and embroidery that makes you injure your fingers," Jamal added.