Roland watched carefully as Zaina Tariq started to speak with empty, unblinking eyes.
"I was going back home from school late. That was before summer vacation, so I was also looking for places to look for a summer job. The expenses pile up easily in studying nursing, but more than that…. I wanted to buy a better telescope and astronomy books."
"For what?" Harker said.
She and Felix seemed to both share an interest in astronomy. But they went to different high schools and college universities taking different bachelor degrees.
"Astronomy is my true passion. I only took nursing because that's what my parents told me to. That's what they needed me to take. They're already lenient towards me not praying and going to the mosque. Deep down, they know that I'm an atheist. But religion is the only thing they'll give me a pass on, I need a job where I can easily get money and raise my family from poverty."
