Hope is Our Only Wing

Paida dumped her backpack in her room after class and stared at the yellow envelope that Shamiso had dropped. Curiosity hit her over the head and she wondered what the envelope contained. Knowing that what she was about to do was wrong, she checked to see if anyone was behind her, before opening the flap of the envelope and pulling out the folded sheets of paper. Her eyes scurried over the first page. She could hear voices in Shamiso’s room, her roommates laughing at something.

At first a smug smile came over her as she realized who Shamiso’s father was. His name signed in block letters at the bottom of the final page.

She turned over to the next page. Her heart began to race with adrenaline. He seemed to be chasing a story.

Then fear gripped her by the throat.