chapter 33

INAYA -

When I was 18 years old, I said to the 22 years old Hamza,

"I don't believe that there's something such as selfless love in the world... We all are selfish, either we want to be loved by others without loving them back, or we want as much love from others as we give them, We always want to be on the receiving end, This is how the world works, take us for example... If I say that I don't love you not even a single bit, would you still insist on wasting your emotions on me knowing that you'll never receive anything in return?"

At that age, I was in my last year of high school, and I wasn't in my best mental shape.

I used to be a top student in middle school But ever since my mother abandoned me, I abandoned everything else in my life with her departure, my friends, my dreams, and my studies.

I felt like everything was pointless... And that people were frauds.

I moved from being the first student in the class to hanging just above the average, what saved my barely surviving grad