As the lunchtime lull descends over Basra's Al-Ashaar market, two women weave through dwindling crowds to a store owned by Adel, a grocer in his early forties. After they enter, the door is locked and a sign appears, declaring the shop shut for the afternoon. The women - a mother and her daughter, both widowed - were once regular customers of Adel's. Now they see him only weekly, choosing a time when they are least likely to be spotted by other shoppers. Their dealings with Adel are no longer commercial. Though the manner of the visit is covert, its purpose is lawful.
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