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"Y'all sleep tight now!"

"Stay tuned for more thrills in part two!"

"I'm gonna need it for those free tacos!"

"Aye carumba!"

"Because sometimes the bigger man has to be the loser in the end!"

"For the first time in a long while, I was truly happy."

"'Then it will be our secret,' I said, touching her face and kissing her cheek."

"There was no need for words."

"Ariana and I screamed as Sohail lay there motionless, and the screams became louder and louder until I woke up and realized I was still screaming."

"My only connection to Sohail was gone."

"The lights of Dhaka became smaller and fainter until they disappeared entirely into the darkness."

"By this time tomorrow, I'd be halfway back home, back to Ariana and my own life."

"'Don't be late.'"

"And then I hung up, severing the final thread that bound us together."

"Eventually I drifted off to sleep, but not before I promised myself that no matter what, I would make it out of here and back to Ariana."

"That she would go to all these lengths to prove she was right, but not even try to understand who I really was and what made me happy."

"'Come, Baba, I have prepared some biryani for you,' she said as sge shepherded him out of the room."

"She seemed to have forgotten that I was her daughter and could be just as stubborn as she was."

"'Otherwise we are just wasting time'."

"I got up and left the room before I said anything I might regret later."

"I got up and left the room before I said anything I might regret later."

"'I kept it as a reminder to never let anyone force me into a life I didn't want.'"

"Feeling buoyed by the knowledge that I wasn't alone, I began to plan my escape."

"The mist cleared from my eyes and All the lies and emotional blackmailing was too much, and my head throbbed from the intensity of it all."

"The mist cleared from my eyes and I saw Mom on the floor cradling Dad's head, crying and shouting at me to get help."

"I hung up."

"I was glad some things never changed."

"When we got home, I stomped up the stairs and slammed my door."