Unable to move her arms, Nadia can only squeeze her legs shut, her body sealing itself off as the crowd lurches and the man’s hand disappears from between her thighs. Shaken, she withdraws as much money as possible from the bank and hides it in her shoes and bag before going to a currency converter and a jeweler, divvying her savings into different kinds of value.
Feeling followed, she rushes home only to find a man waiting at the entrance, looking for her, and when she sees him she steels
herself and refuses to cry, even though she [is]
bruised and frightened and furious, and the man, who ha[s]
been waiting all day, is Saeed.”
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