Her head rang and rang with these thoughts. Then one night Laila saw a tiny flashing light from down the street.
A sound, something between a squeak and a gasp, escaped her lips.
She quickly fished her own flashlight from under the bed, but it wouldn't work.
Laila banged it against her palm, cursed the dead batteries.
But it didn't matter. He was back. Laila sat on the edge of her bed, giddy with relief, and watched that beautiful, yellow eye winking on and off.
On her way to Tariq's house the next day, Laila saw Khadim and a group of his friends across the street.
Khadim was squatting, drawing something in the dirt with a stick.
When he saw her, he dropped the stick and wiggled his fingers.
He said something and there was a round of chuckles.
Laila dropped her head and hurried past. “What did you do?” she exclaimed when Tariq opened the door.
Only then did she remember that his uncle was a barber.
Tariq ran his hand over his newly shaved scalp and smiled, showing white, slightly uneven teeth.
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