What would happen if the human mind remained operational for a few precious minutes, after the moment of death? Ten minutes and thirty-eight seconds, to be exact.

All the moments that followed Laila's death brought with them a different sensory memory: the flavor of goat meat stew with spices; And a scene of pots of boiling lemon and sugar; And the delicious smell of coffee that Laila shared with a handsome student. Every memory, too, brought back to her mind the friends she had known at every pivotal moment in her life - those friends who were now exerting all their strength to find her.