Thousand splendid suns (page 8)

What rich untruths!" Nana said after Jalil left. "Rich man telling rich untruths. He never took you to any tree. What's more, don't give him a chance to fascinate you. He deceived us, your darling father. He cast us out. He cast us out of his huge favor house like we were nothing to him. He did it cheerfully." Mariam would listen obediently to this. She never challenged say to Nana the amount she despised her speaking along these lines about Jalil. The reality of the situation was that around Jalil, Mariam did not feel at all like a harami. For a hour or two each Thursday, when Jalil came to see her, all grins and blessings and charms, Mariam felt meriting all the magnificence and abundance that life needed to give. What's more, for this, Mariam adored Jalil.

Regardless of whether she needed to share him.