SHE RETURNS FROM THE UNITED STATES AFTER 8 YEARS AND DISCOVERS HER SICK MOTHER LIVING IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE.

a forgotten area where houses leaned under dust and neglect. Some walls were cracked. Some doors hung crooked. The deeper they went, the colder Sakina felt despite the rising sun.

Finally, they stopped before a small abandoned house.

The roof sagged. The wooden door barely held.

“This is where she is,” Tanti Awa said softly.

Sakina shook her head.

“No.”

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