Chapter 39

Layla Al-Farsi stepped between her mother and Tariq, her shoulders slumped with the weight of the day's exhaustion. "Mom, Tariq wasn't there today," she said, her voice soft but defensive. "We really couldn't blame him. It's Rami Al-Farsi; he was too shameless in front of Grandpa. Besides, Tariq helped me borrow the eight hundred thousand dollars. He resolved the emergency we had right at the moment when no one else would step up." Lina Haddad's face contorted, her eyes flashing with a sharp,...