Chapter 88

• Dashtan opened the door to the room he used as a reading room and found Rakia sitting on a comfortable sofa reading a book. The woman’s attention was distracted by Dashtan in the doorway, who smiled and greeted her.
• “Hi, feeling better?” asked Dashtan as he approached Rakia and squatted in front of the woman. Rakia nodded with a gentle smile.
• “But the doctor still doesn’t want me to go to work, are you home yet?” It was Rakia’s turn to ask; it wasn’t even lunchtime, and Dashtan was already home.