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A Family Matter
Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.
—Alan Kay
Jamal praised Allah once more under his breath. They’d been so close to her this entire time and still couldn’t find her. But that time had passed—they owned her now.
Marjan had spotted her coming out of the police station, as he’d surmised, wearing the bright yellow shirt of a peacekeeper. At first he’d been worried that Jameela would spot them, but realized it was unlikely indeed. Who would expect a respectable Pakistani man to be here wearing these outrageous clothes?
The promenade was too crowded for his liking in this final confrontation. A couple witnesses would be acceptable, even desirable given that the video cameras would record his vengeance anyway, unless he could force his way into her cabin. He’d briefly con
