Chapters (40)
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Recipes
- Starry Fuzzy Fizz
- Acknowledgments
- Discover More
- Author’s Note
- About the Author
- Also by Farah Heron
- Praise for Farah Heron
Rohan sprang to his feet. “Yeah, I’ll take you down to get it. Be right back.”
Kamila’s hand tightened on her wineglass. He specifically said he didn’t want Kamila to come early to help set up, and he invited Jana instead?
Add this to him knowing about Rashida’s dinner party and not defending Kamila when Jana was rude earlier, and it was clear. There was something going on between him and Jana.
Fudge. This was bad.
Asha gave Kamila a concerned look.
“So, whose turn is it now?” Tim asked.
Kamila stood. “Play without me. I’m not feeling it anymore. I’m getting more wine.”
She went inside, left her wineglass on the bar, and went straight to the bathroom.
She looked at herself in the mirror. What was wrong with her tonight? Why did she care if Jana had been in Rohan’s condo? Jana and Rohan were free and consenting adults allowed to do what they wanted with their lives. This wasn’t a repeat of the Bronx Bennet situation. Kamila rubbed her temples. If a thing was starting between Jana and Rohan, it certainly hadn’t stopped Rohan from being there for Dad. He was even planning to come for breakfast at the house tomorrow—despite not spending the night this time.
But still. Jana didn’t like Kamila. Rohan spending so much time, innocent or not, with the person who always made Kamila feel smaller and less capable would change the way he saw her. Because really, how could someone be close to both Jana and Kamila?
And what fancy person would want a Kamila Hussain in his life when he could have a Jana Suleiman?
She squeezed her fists. No. It had been so long since Kamila felt like this. She hated that her feelings of inadequacy had resurfaced since Jana came back. Kamila pulled out her phone and sent an email to her therapist, asking if she could schedule an appointment for a tune-up on her self-esteem sometime after the Dogapalooza. She could not allow Jana Suleiman to derail all her hard work.
When she came out of the bathroom, Asha was waiting for her at the bar.
“You okay, Kamila?”
“Yeah, fine. Sudden headache. Probably the red wine. I’m switching to white.”
Asha nodded toward the others, still sitting on the patio, presumably still playing Never Have I Ever. “What do you think that was about? There seems to be something Anil knows about Jana that the rest of us don’t know.”
“Anil told me he’s close friends with Jana’s old boss in Tajikistan, and that his marriage just ended.”
“Oh wow. Because of Jana?”
Kamila shrugged. “I don’t know. Asha, why was Jana in Rohan’s apartment before the party? This was what I was worried about—I don’t want some home-wrecker going after my friend.”