Epilogue (Yusuuf in Arabia)

It was quite the coincidence that Ayesha's family tree grew by two on the same night. In a palatial home in the most sumptuous part of Dubai, Katie gave birth to a strong son, the future scion of the Al-Assaf clan. On the stable grounds of the same property, Aaron's wife Pooja gave birth. Aaron had half expected to be a dark shade of brown, but instead was light enough to show that he was the girl's true father.

Indeed, all of Ayesha's children had staked out some form of satisfaction in this arid environment, better than they would have had any number of other decisions be made. But no one was as happy as in the compound, where the wives, all united once more, made each night a symphony of adoring lust for their husbands and a steadfast commitment to Allah.