HER FATHER MARRYED HIS BLIND DAUGHTER TO A “BEGGAR”… BUT ON THE FIRST NIGHT, WHEN SHE TOUCHED HIS HAND, EVERYTHING BEGAN TO CHANGE.

I first saw you,” he said slowly, “you were sitting outside the house. Alone. Listening to the birds.”

Her throat tightened.

“You looked… peaceful. Like someone who had never been treated kindly.”

Zainab’s voice cracked.

“So you pretended to be a beggar.”

“I needed to get close.”

“But my father chose you.”

“Yes.”

The words fell heavy.

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