married off his daughter

old man in the garden, the sun began to set. To anyone else, it was a routine shift of light. But to Zainab, it was the feeling of a cool breeze against her cheek, the scent of evening primrose opening, and the steady, solid weight of the hand holding hers.

She couldn’t see the light, but for the first time in her life, she wasn’t in the dark.

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