The Emirates

Six months after their daughter was born, Yusuuf gave Elizabeth a great gift. A month, just the two of them and their youngest, on a month long trip to Dubai. In truth, Elizabeth had felt the months regressing to a more Westernized life was quite sinful. She was looking forward to the antithesis of that -- a chance to dip her toes into something very different, even though she understood that Dubai was still quite progressive on the surface, and with its own pockets of decadence.

She snoozed against Yusuuf on the flight to London, snoring lightly, clad in a black hijab and an abaya. When they landed, she'd change into something even more conservative, that would mask even her eyes. She'd only be identified as having a strict husband, which was the truth.