A Special Ramadan by S. H. Miah

Author:S. H. Miah
Format: epub

Chapter 17

The mall was a wild affair, compared to Blueridge’s standards. Of course, back in London, Adil’s mother had taken him to Lakeside before, a massive shopping centre with hundreds of shops all in neat little rows with delights in their windows calling on Adil and his mother to enter.

Adil’s mother was a shopaholic, at least when it came to her only son. Whenever Adil needed new clothes, it was like an expedition for his mother, a voyage across the oceans of stores to find the perfect fit. They would wear their best, grab some sunglasses if it was the summer, and tail a taxi all the way to whichever shopping centre his mother had chosen as their playground for the day.

Thereafter, they would frequent every shop, searching for both quality and low price meshed into one piece of clothing. And then they would repeat that, over and over again, until Adil felt like his brain would turn to mush and his mind would explode.

The mall near Blueridge wasn’t quite as grand, but it was still a spectacle to behold. At its front was a massive fountain teeming with water, flowing with a soft patter that added to the ambience of clacking shoes and swirling voices floating through the air.

Adil and Nasir positioned themselves at the corner of the crowd, not wishing to be swamped with bodies since they were still twelve and relatively small.

“Where’s this shop you were talking about?” Adil asked, peering through the crowds of shoppers as if he would be able to clearly see.

“It’s on the other side of this floor and it's a cool shop,” Nasir said. “And Dad’s always watching us, so we don’t have anything to worry about.” Nasir pointed behind them where, indeed, his dad was keeping an eye on Adil and Nasir whilst strolling the windows himself, perhaps searching for something to purchase later on.

“All right, enough waiting,” Adil said, turning back to the glass sliding doors welcoming them inside. “Let's go.”

He and Nasir traversed the crowds to quickly reach the other side through a few more of those tinted glass doors. A shop called Gadgets and Games spoke out to them, and Adil slipped inside with Nasir close behind.

“This place is amazing,” Adil said with a gasp as he stared around. The entire place was lit in neon, with flashing lights at every corner creating a weird sort of spooky, yet funky, feel to the store, like they were in a cyberpunk alternate reality. Adil and Nasir headed to the back, where the different assortments of cameras were.

Nasir gestured around. "Here's where we come if we ever need more pranking materials."

"Pranking?" Adil asked.

"Of course," Nasir said. "Maybe we'll do one this Ramadan, we'll see."

They busied themselves with searching through that section of the store until Nasir gave a shout and beckoned Adil over.

“Here’s what we need,” Nasir said, poking his fingers around what looked like spy glasses.

“These glasses?” Adil asked, picking one of them up and roving his fingers over it.

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