hands. He approached the main house, his gait a pathetic shuffle.
“You could have bargained,” Malik hissed as he reached the porch. “You could have asked for your lands back. For my lands back! You held his son’s life in your hands, and you let him go for free?”
Zainab turned toward her father. She didn’t need to see him to feel the shriveled greed emanating continue reading …