Uncovering

"How come?" Zhanat asked her.

"I don't like attention."

Zhanat frowned at her.

"But why would you not want attention? You are very pretty. I mean, you can be a celebrity yourself and be really good at it," Zhanat went on, ignoring Miras aga shaking his head at her.

Jade put her spoon down on her bowl then looked up to Zhanat. For a couple of seconds, she looked at her in icy silence. Then she spoke.

"I just don't like it. And I never thought about becoming a celebrity."

Zhanat pursed her lips together and simply nodded. This is the first time I heard Jade sound so cold, almost cutting. The room temperature seemed to have gone down to a chill.

"Let's finish up," I said to everyone and we all went back to eating without another word. Not even from Miras aga. We went back to our respective rooms and I washed up first for the night. After I was done, I went out to the veranda to clear my head.