Mariam looked down at Layla's hand on her sleeve. Then she looked at the void.
Below them, Cairo screamed its thousand nightly screams. A wedding procession fired celebratory bullets into the sky. A child laughed somewhere—a pure, untouched sound. The city didn't know that on this rooftop, two girls were deciding whether the world deserved their tomorrows.
And for the first time that night, she smiled. Not a happy smile. A tired one. The smile of someone who has been stepping hard for so long that she forgot she could stop.
Mariam looked down at Layla's hand on her sleeve. Then she looked at the void.
Below them, Cairo screamed its thousand nightly screams. A wedding procession fired celebratory bullets into the sky. A child laughed somewhere—a pure, untouched sound. The city didn't know that on this rooftop, two girls were deciding whether the world deserved their tomorrows. thmyl- albnt tqwlh ana khayfh ant btdws jamd bnt...
And for the first time that night, she smiled. Not a happy smile. A tired one. The smile of someone who has been stepping hard for so long that she forgot she could stop. Mariam looked down at Layla's hand on her sleeve
