Monthly Series

Does The Outfit Make The Person?

Episode Two

Growing up in the Nahoura Kingdom, Jabari was the child who played with the children of his servants. He never felt better than them. Many times, he would give his playmates food and valuable gifts. Now, his classmates were unaware of the prince’s position in life, and they saw him as a poor peasant farm boy from a nearby village. At the end of his four hours shift, Jabari returned to his dorm room feeling angry and disappointed by Dalilah’s betrayal. After all, he loved her and hoped for a future with her. He went into the bathroom he shared with his other two roommates and stood over the sink feeling for himself as he glanced into the mirror. After a few minutes, he turned on the forest and placed his hands under it. The water felt warm as he splashed a palm full on his face. Then he reached for his toothbrush and brushed his teeth. Then he slowly returned to the room, grabbed his neatly folded pajamas from his desk chair, and slipped them on.

Jabari spent the rest of the late evening replaying the day’s events as his head rested on his pillow. He finally dosed off to sleep. When he awoke the following day, he noticed that his roommates had already left for breakfast. They must have returned to the dorm room after he retired for the night. A sense of relief overtook him as he prepared for the day. He was not ready to reveal to his

room to report for work.

At the end of his shift, he noticed that he had missed a call from the matriarch of his family, who was also his grandmother. His grandmother did not leave a message. She never did. She was a powerful figure in the village. Her father, who had been one of the kingdom’s supreme leaders, had passed down the crown to her. In the Nahoura Kingdom, women kings were just as noble as male kings. The crown was passed down to the most suitable person who had proven their ability to carry out the duties of a King.

roommates the previous day’s events. He avoided breakfast by heading straight to his first class. When his morning classes were over, he rushed to The Golden Palace Hotel restaurant and ordered food before heading to the maintenance