Vintage

Britney walked among the gardens of the Al-Assaf home in the exclusive River Oaks subdivision. It felt like the property extended forever. And it was a confluence of different cultures, different norms, different customs. And for Britney, it felt like she straddled those worlds.

She dressed in a very Western style, at least in the Western world. She could still act like a Southern girl, or a bimbo cheerleader, or whatever Nasir wanted. And she was absolutely devoted to Nasir's happiness.

But she dressed in the most restrictive style in the Islamic world, did her daily prayers, and privately obeyed the precepts she should have publicly praised. She had born two Muslim sons. She was, as Nasir had called her once, the finest vintage he'd ever plucked.