She was the only one busy doing all this work because Azmi wasn’t feeling well. She had a headache and had already informed her that she would take some medicine and lie down a bit. As she worked, she kept thinking about how tiring it was to clean those long stairs every single day. She looked at them—those twin staircases that curved left and right like double staircases in a mansion. If you followed the one on the left, you could circle around and come down through the right side. Between the two staircases there was a space, and through that space you could walk straight to Ayaan’s bedrooms downstairs. And if you climbed either of the staircases upward, you would reach the upper floor where the hallways led to Junaid’s rooms. Altogether, the bedrooms in the house—whether occupied or n

