She looked at him when he was done eating and handed him a bottle of water. He drank the water and looked at her with an unreadable expression on his face. “What do you want to talk about, Ais…Humaira?” His tongue almost slipped, but he knew the new Aisha so much to know that he had to be careful when he was around her.
Her eyes cornered him and Abba smiled nervously at her, “What? Are you trying to charm me into answering the crime I didn’t commit? Believe me, Humaira, I wasn’t the one that killed your boyfriend, but I know I have no way out now.” He hung his head down and looked at his fingers.
Humaira heaved a sigh and shook her head at him, “I know you aren’t the one that killed Rafiq, that’s why I’m here.”
He shot his head up and looked at her, “You know, right? I found him dead w
