She had brought shame to him, that much was clear. Everyone in the village knew it. What was he supposed to do now? Simply accept it and hope they would forget at some point? What girl would now be prepared to become his wife? The wife of a loser. He weighed the revolver in his hand. Should he lie in wait for Hana somehow, avenge the shame with blood? He twirled the revolver with his finger in the trigger guard. On the other hand, his father had taken the money from old Khalidy, a lot of money. Shouldn’t he be obeying his father’s decision? Even worse than that broken promise of marriage was
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