You're Invited

by Amanda Jayatissa

Opening Instagram and scrolling through was a muscle memory. My fingers had found their way there before my brain even registered what it was doing.

we love our country for the sum of its parts, just not the individual components that make up its whole.

Folds of flesh dripped down over the collar of his short-sleeved linen shirt, unbuttoned at the neck to show a thick gold chain. The slicked-back hair on his head was thinning, but the tufts on his arms and chest were abundant.

I could play this guy in the movie adaptation.

I was never a good liar. I was brilliant at avoiding the truth, but straight‑up deceitfulness wasn’t something I was comfortable with. I

Gurl same

much like those of us in my own alma mater, S. Thomas’ College,

Of course he's a Thomian lol

but the one constant in Colombo is that the rules don’t apply to you if you’re rich and powerful.