The Ruiz family arrived just as Amira finished speaking with Karima on the phone. She had gotten herself the lesson of a lifetime. Indeed when she narrated to her sister all that had happened, first, Karima tried to listen without commenting too much. And then, she blew up at her sister.
“You should have told me as soon as that slut came to the house,” came her seething reprimand. “I would have definitely thrown her out seeing as neither you nor that stupid husband of yours have the guts to do it. I would have shown her what an El Habachi woman is made of.”
Amira couldn’t help the smile that stretched her lips. It felt good to open up about her recent problems with someone who cared about her. Truth be told, Jeremy cared about her just as much, and sometimes friendship ran thicker than
