Her breath quickened, her heart pounding. She almost cried out at a question that seemed to shock her: "Oh God! Do I miss Khalid?" Amani was stunned by the question and its impact on her, but she quickly tried to banish it from her mind, telling herself: "They're just memories, nothing more, nothing less... just a memory that will soon fade into oblivion... lost in the rush of days and years!" Amani found solace in this explanation and tried to convince her troubled self of it...