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Laila agrees to marry Rasheed from "A Thousand Splendid Suns". Discovering she is pregnant with Tariq's child, Laila agrees to marry Rasheed to give her baby a home and protection.

shortly after the false report of Tariq's death, in 1992

Laila agrees to marry Rasheed

Discovering she is pregnant with Tariq's child, Laila agrees to marry Rasheed to give her baby a home and protection. She knows it is a dishonorable act, especially towards Mariam, but she feels she has no other choice. The nikka is performed quietly, and Laila begins her life as Rasheed's second wife, hiding her pregnancy.