The new step - part 1🧕🌸🌿💚

Chapter 1: The Next Step

Birte stood by the wide glass window of her office, high above the city skyline. From here, the streets looked like circuits — people moving efficiently, predictably, like data through a system. She liked that. Structure. Rhythm. A world that followed logic.

Her own reflection in the glass, however, was anything but ordinary. The hijab framed her face in soft charcoal gray, elegant and composed. It had become part of her identity now — not just a symbol, but a decision she had grown into. At first, the change had sparked raised eyebrows, silent glances, and one or two awkward silences in board meetings. But that was months ago. ...