Lahat ng Kabanata ng Their Chance : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 7

AhnahI sit on the WC, scrolling through my phone and waiting for Aput's call, away from my roommate's music and glares. I swear she hate it when I'm in the phone because why would her speak bevon crazy high whenever my phone rings.As I mindlessly scroll through social media, I pause when I see a picture of a former colleague, Panik. I feel the familiar jaws of envy clench my chest and hands as I look at her smiling back at the camera, her beautiful killer body in full-on assasin mode in a tiny pink bikini, the backdrop of a brilliant blue ocean and clear blue skies on a yacht, the give away that she’s on holiday in yet another exotic location. I roll my eyes at the #vacay caption of the post and let out a long hiss as I scroll past it.The privacy of my restroom is the only place I can express this unjustified jealousy, unjustified because she's not only nice but also intelligent and beautiful, so like the full deal and so deserves all the #vacay.Three years after we were both hire

Chris I jolt myself awake just in time not to miss my stop on Monday morning. I buy myself a cup of coffee and walk to the hospital knowing I need every ounce of caffeine I can get. Muna’s sniffles manifested into a full-on cold this past weekend, so neither of us got much rest. But after dropping all my weekend shifts, dropping another one today isn’t even an option. Surely a beautiful way to start the week.“You look totally wasted!” my friend, Josie exclaims when I walk out of the elevator on to the outpatient floor where I have consultations that morning. “Let me guess; another tough weekend?”“You called it,” I answer with a shrug.“Why don't you just get a live-in Au Pair? After Brexit, the European ones are even cheaper than they were before. Kavya keeps threatening to get one and send her mother back to India.”“Weren’t Kavya’s parents born here in England?”He chuckles. “Yeah, but it still feels good seeing the look on my mother-in-law’s face when she hears it.”I shake my

Ahana“You were successful?!”I smile, smug from the good news I have just given him. I am pleased not only to have proved his theory about Bankit wrong, but that he can admit how much he underestimated me.“I sure did! I told you it wasn't any fraud.”“And they’re paying your full tuition?”“Full tuition and living expenses for the entire year! The same offer as last year.”“This is unbelievable. Send me the letter so I can see for myself.”I frown, his doubt making my excitement wane. Does he think I’m lying or what? Deciding I lose nothing by sending him the letter, especially as he’ll see it eventually anyway, I do just that.“Unbelievable!” he exclaims, when he reads it. “The full £20,000 tuition and another £8,000 for living expenses? Unbelievable!”“Believeable!” I chuckle. “It takes into account the ten months of the academic year, from September this year to June next year.”“Are they going to give you the cash?”I frown. “Not the tuition, I don't think. And I’d much rather t

CHAPTER FOUR AhanaI curse as the WiFi acts crazy. Sitting in front of my personal laptop with my earphones plugged in, with less than a minute before the commencement of the Bankit Zoom call, this is the worst possible time for me not to have Internet access. I cast a desperate look at my office environment and will the noise stop, but of course that will be impossible.At 4pm, it is peak time at the bank and, even though I have only one more week left there, the last thing I need is an audience for this call with the executives of the organization giving me the scholarship and, indeed, the chance of a lifetime. Making the last minute decision I grab my personal laptop and dash into the small meeting room adjacent to my desk, locking the door behind me for good measure. By the time I log in using the earlier shared credentials, it is already two minutes past 4pm.My heart races as I stare at the boxes of each of the 28 attendees, many of whom have their cameras switched off and mic