Ayse Yurdakul had been three seats along in every exam Zara had ever sat, and now ran a biochemistry lab in a private hospital in Kozyatagi and had two children and a husband who cooked.
They met in the pastane by the Kadikoy ferry on Tuesday morning because Zara had said the words I need you to look at something and not ask me where it's from, and Ayse — who was the most law-abiding person she knew — had said, "Well, obviously I'm coming."