‘You tricked me.’ He was restlessly pacing Eva’s small room. This was how Malik always talked whenever he was angry, so she didn’t take his words seriously. She’d heard him call one of his best friends a ‘fucking cocksucker’ right to his face. Eva had taken out the pregnancy test she’d bought at the chemist’s shop and shown it to him. He peered at her with a blank expression and then slammed his fist into the wall, really hard. Eva thought it must have hurt terribly. Why did men do things like that? She wondered if it was something that Malik had learned from watching films. It seemed like the craziest thing to do, and Eva couldn’t help laughing. But Malik was furious. ‘What the fuck? What’s so damned funny?’ Natalia came in, wanting to find out what was going on. Her usual cheery expression showed a touch of concern. ‘It’s okay,’ said Eva, not sure whether that was true or not. It felt as though she always ended up in these kinds of situations with men.
