Chapter 57

It did not take long until Mahitab returned, her face full of red and showing happiness, which she tried to hide by giving orders to the girls. Then she went into the kitchen after motioning for me to follow her, she said to one of the workers.

“Stand there and be careful that none of the palace servants is nearby. If anyone approaches, try to alert me and then keep him away from here. And you, Rima, must go out and talk about any curse with the house manager so that she does not come here, and you will not stop talking until you see me moving with the girls among the women in the room outside.”

“But,” she said, “will that hurt anyone...”

Mahitab said, “No, no, they are already used to it. They only use it in secret and not openly, and it is time for us to have a little fun.”

Rima said, “Why are you helping Mr. Majd?”

Mahitab laughed and said, “There are two reasons. The first is that these arrogant women deserve what will happen to them, especially tha