9
Doubts and Fears
Zahra’s belief that she was in the way at Nasim and Rashid’s house had begun the previous week. She’d woken suddenly in the middle of the night to the sound of voices whispering on the landing. She’d crept to her bedroom door and listened. Rashid was saying something about the Revolutionary Guard taking over a police station.
‘Can you do it?’ he’d asked, then she’d heard Firzun’s voice.
‘No problem, I’ve got plenty of explosives.’
Rashid had then said something about an attack on the American embassy. As they’d started to walk away, Firzun had muttered vehemently, ‘We’ll be ready for them.’
After they’d gone, Zahra had sat on the edge of her bed in the dark. This was serious anti-government activity. They risked arrest, prison or death for it. She’d gone back to be
