Zara began her morning with a surprise from a band. Drummer boys rolled into her room dressed in their band uniforms—red, with caps crowned by feathers. She was torn from her sleep’s reverie, stretching and yawning, her eyes heavy with confusion as she stared at them. Nat was nowhere in sight, only three strangers making noise. It charged her nerves; they were disturbing her peace, her quiet, blissful peace. Yet, she felt something was about to happen, but she couldn’t quite grasp or point her fingers around it. It wasn’t until the trumpeter stepped in, playing a solemn rhythm—Happy Birthday to You—that she realized it was, indeed, a surprise.She laughed, pressing her hands to her mouth. A trio of girls followed, carrying baskets of gifts, and one of them placed a balloon over the bed.Zara laughed harder, because her life had become a movie—a cinematic one, where only the remarkable and the splendid ever happened.Nat entered then, holding a box wrapped in silk. “Happy birthday da
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