My half is from the East

Author's name: Nadia Hashemi

You can never stand in front of it and go right under it.” My sisters are in the all-purpose room now. This is something they can’t miss. “But I found the waterfall. I found it all by myself! I mean, Dad told me where it was, but I went there all by myself.” Alia’s face takes on a strange expression as if I’m speaking a language she doesn’t understand. Then I look up and see, in the moonlight, that Nella and Mina have the same look on their faces. I feel the gap between my sisters and me widen. They’re girls. They can’t imagine how I did this. I smile a little despite myself. That look on their faces, that distance between them, is proof that my plan worked. “I went under the rainbow, dear Mama. Didn’t you notice? Can’t you see something was different? The rocks were slippery and the water was cold, but the rainbow was there… I could almost touch it