Now it’s her turn to tell him what had happened to her. She skips the part about the stillborn babies, but tells him about Dalia and her dead husband and that they have to get back to Avij. She hopes that Narivan would give her an alternative, saving her and Dalia from having to go back to their ship and Narivan tells her the exact thing she wants to hear. He says he has come there with Asin’s brother and his own sister and they are headed back to Atlan that afternoon and then they will go from Atlan to their island, and of course, Asin and her daughter must go with them. They must go home! She is so happy to see her brother again. She has to go and fetch Dalia. Asin feels so light in her back as if a great burden has finally lifted from her shoulders. Could it really be? That all her suffering, pains and stillborn babies have ended? Narivan’s babies born on their island will not be malformed or stillborn. They shall be born healthy and lively, playing about the green farms and climb the trees of the village. But then she shivers, feeling a cold breeze down her spine. What if Narivan is married? Does she even have a future with him? She can never know until she asks him, even though his answer might despair her. Yet her home island, whether with Narivan or without him, will be her home where she can settle, make oud again and play music. She knows once she goes back she will never ever leave her home. Dalia will be with her too and how excellent it will be for her! She will be happy among her own people. She can fall in love again and get married and be sure that her children will be healthy and strong. She will teach her to play the oud… It might be difficult without nails…but she shall try… There is no point over thinking the matter. She needs to know whether she can have the happiest life she has always desired, to know whether Narivan will take her to his bed, finally as his wife. Asin goes ahead and asks him if he is married. But Narivan stops her sentence and kisses her lips.

“There was nothing for me after you… Just the oud and the hope to see you again!” Narivan says. Asin smiles, even though it is not easy for her to believe it. How did he do it? All these years without a woman, waiting to accidentally find her? She can’t forgive herself for letting go of Narivan and the hope of getting back home. She had so easily given in to an ordinary life on the sea persuading herself that she had no other choice. Maybe Narivan had been too busy travelling that he never had the chance to fall in love again or perhaps he had devoted himself to adventure so that he wouldn’t fall for any other woman after Asin. Whatever the reasons, they now have all the time in the world to talk about everything. She will find out in time and she will have enough time to feel guilty, embarrassed and sorry. She will have a lifetime to question herself and justify what she had done. She has to find Dalia now and to go see her brother. It’s finally time to go home!