The story of Yahir
(A fictional story based on real life events.) Hello. My name is Yahir. My name means “God will enlighten”. My life story, however, is sadly a stark contrast to my name. I won’t bore you with a long backstory of my childhood and all the various struggles we had to go through. But all of these and the company I kept lead me to a not so savoury lifestyle. As I grew up, I found that my calling in life was to voluntarily ease people of some their excess (in my eyes) belongings even if they didn’t appreciate it. Yes, that is a fancy way of saying I was thief. I was a very good one too. Until I got caught that is. I won’t forget that day. I was so sure I would get away. Being so good at my profession had given me an air of over confidence. It was this over confidence that lead me to be a bit tardy that day and a couple of missteps gave me away. I am sure by now you are judging me for these life choices. And you are probably right for not liking what I chose to do with ...