“The father married off his daughter, who was blind from birth, to a beggar — and what happened afterward surprised many people.”

Aminah laughed cruelly. “You don’t even know what he looks like. He’s trash. Just like you.”

And then he whispered something that broke her heart.

“He is not a beggar. Zainab, you have been lied to.”

Zainab stumbled home, confused. She waited until nightfall, and when Yusha returned, she asked her again, but this time firmly. “Tell me the truth. Who are you really?”

And that’s when he knelt in front of her, took her hands, and said, “You should never have known yet. But I can’t lie to you anymore.”