stopped and turned to face her. Moonlight carved his face like rock.
‘What are you saying? Do you think we can just walk away from this? You loved me once. Love is still possible. That I know. When we make love, you tell me so in everything but words. Desi, I—’
She felt exhausted, bruised. ‘I think our watches must be out of sync, Salah.’ She glanced down at her wrist in the milky gloom. ‘Yeah, by, let’s see—about ten years.’
‘A mistake destroyed those ten years,’ he insisted. ‘A stupid, ignorant mistake. And if we don’t mend it now, it will destroy the rest of our lives. We have to find our way through this.’
‘The only mistake that would destroy the rest of my life would be to listen to you.’
‘You know it is not true. You would not be so hurt now if you did not…Please. Let us not go on in this terrible error. Look into your heart, Desi, and hear me.’
Like a wounded animal goaded beyond its endurance, she rounded on him.
‘Look! You wanted closure, am I right? That’s what you wanted! Now you’ve had closure. You’re going to get married, I think you said. Well, off you go, and good luck to you!’
‘Do you think I can marry Sami now?’ he almost shouted.
‘But it doesn’t matter who you marry, does it?’ she reminded him harshly. ‘What happened to “the best love comes after marriage”?’
‘How can I marry another woman now in the hopes of learning to love her?’
‘I have no idea. But then I never understood the principle in the first place.’
‘Desi, I made a mistake. That mistake has ruined our lives for ten years.’
‘You’re a powerful Cup Companion who lives in a palace. I don’t wake up for less than ten thousand dollars. I don’t think we can call this ruination.’
‘You speak of the world. I speak of the heart.’
‘Do you?’ Desi gave vent to a snort of bitter laughter. ‘That’s a good one!’
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