chapter 82

INAYA -

The first time Hamza discovered my Phobia was probably when I was 15.

As for the reason I'm saying "Probably", it is because he seemed genuinely surprised and clueless when he was witnessing me experiencing that particular panic attack, I never saw him having a similar clueless face ever again so I suppose that was truly his first time.

I remember he just kept looking at me with both dumbfounded and scarred expressions, not understanding what I was going through in front of his watchful eyes.

He was in his first year in college back then, and he came to visit Nana at the first chance he got after his exams, and to both my and Nana's surprise, Ines came along with him too!

At the time, we understood the reason behind Hamza's repetitive visits to our house, it was because of his health condition: he had a strong respiratory allergy which seemed to subside when he changes the climate, namely by occasionally coming to our small town. So yes, Hamza had an obvious reason to come, bu