The ringing of her cell phone woke Rakia from her sleep after she had made love with Dashtan a few moments ago. But when she woke up and checked her surroundings, she found him nowhere, not even in this room. Rakia covered her body with a thick blanket and once again looked around for Dashtan, but all she found was her loneliness. The ringing of her cell phone had stopped because she didn’t answer the call. She let out a long sigh as she closed her eyes for a moment.

“I regret it now,” she said but a second later she smiled and shook her head weakly. Her cell phone...