And how, on the two-day drive back to our country, thirteen-year-old Naima had hardly stopped crying.
Although Naima did not address Father directly, the question was clearly intended for him.
Naima no longer slept at her home but on the floor in my bedroom.
Naima gripped my hand tightly as we went deeper into the maze of neon-lit corridors.
But if I was ill it was Naima who would not leave my bedside.
Naima served them unsweetened black coffee and asked me to pass around a plate of almonds.
Naima placed the jasmines at the foot of the bed and covered her face.
Although Naima would not let her eyes leave my face, she had taken note of this exchange.
Naima was joined by an army of servants, lent by neighbors, whom she managed with a new authority.
When she called, she called only for Naima, who also called her Mama.
Naima would often be sent to the pharmacy for aspirin, sleeping pills, painkillers.
Naima and I stood watching Amm Samir and his eldest son, Gamaal, fasten the luggage on the roof rack.
Naima was the last to step onto the boat, right behind my parents, pulled on board by Abdu the driver.
Naima resisted and would often argue that the fruit was still good.
Two Kenyans were among the seven: businesswoman Naima Mohammed Nyakiniywa and Harun Mwau, a prominent Kenyan multi-millionaire and former member of parliament.
Never having had to look after me, he was now continuously asking Naima whether his son had eaten or if it was bedtime yet.
In winter, when the sky got dark early and Mother worried about her making the long commute home, Naima would sleep on my bedroom floor.
Urgency and grief had rendered Father, Naima, and me nearly equal.
Naima moved soundlessly, cleaning the indifferent surfaces, preparing our joyless meals.
Ibn Ali was one of the orphanages Father visited, often taking Naima and me with him, to deliver food or clothes or make a donation.
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Naima, even with her endless duties, had noticed my absence.
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And on the rare occasion that Mother did speak about how I came to be born there she would always begin by telling me how Naima came to work for the family.
Naima had already changed out of her house galabia and into the hard fabric of her black dress, a veil wrapped tightly around her head, revealing the delicate shape of her skull.
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