Chapter 146

Moosa had quietly asked one of his men to approach Roshanay and ask relevant questions about Alizeh’s kidnapping soon after it happened, hoping she might hold some small piece of information that could lead them closer to the truth. But when the time came for Roshanay to help them draw a proper sketch of the person she had met at the restaurant, the very same man Moosa had later caught her speaking with in that tense encounter, something entirely different happened.

A panic attack would overcome Roshanay almost immediately, her breathing turning shallow and rapid, her hands trembling so badly that she could barely hold the pencil steady for more than a few seconds. It reached a point where the fear in her eyes became impossible to ignore, raw and overwhelming, and Moosa finally stopped bothering Roshanay about Alizeh’s kidnapping case altogether. He couldn’t bring himself to push her further when every attempt seemed to reopen some old wound she wasn’t ready to show anyone. Mo