第68节
【】,hesaid,until.“,buttothestreets.besides,.ha,sohrab”buttheboyjustkeptlookingdohelinehhisfinger.
“ivebeenaningtoask,”faridsaid,alittlehesitantly.“happehathousehappealib”
“letsjustsayhgotwedeserved,”isaid.
faridnodded,didntpu**.itoeeefriends.“ivebeenaningtoasksothingtoo.”
“”
ididntkhan,”isaid.
“hesgone.”
heartskipped.“ishe”
“no,just...gone.”hehandedafoldedpieallkey.“thelandlavethis.hesaidrahihahedayafterwedid.”
“wheredidhego”
faridshrugged.“thelandlorddidntknokhaheletterandthekeyforyouandtookhisleave.”hekedhisch.“idbettergo.bia,sohrab.”
“uldyouleavehiereforauplater”ituedtosohrab.“doyoueforalittlewhile”
heshruggedandsaidnothing.
“ofurse,”faridsaid.“illpiaz.”
thereyrooten,onea,andayoungnoffifteenorsixteentothehazaraboysittingonastool.rooatesfaliesoldeninbrightshaleezes,etispeoplejust,likethetall,beardedn.aishaaskedhiothinginurdu.hepaidheoattentionatlelohannecessary.agaispunarounda.
“hohishands.
“areyouhungrythatladytheregaveaplateofbiryani,butiteatit,”isaid.ididntkno.“youit”
heshookhishead.
“doyoutotalk”
heshookhisheadagain.
epoint,and,dabit,theshadowshad
stretched,andsohrabe.heilllookingdohishands.
thatnight,afterfaridpikhaer.ihaddelayedreadingitaslongaspossible.itread:
arjan,inshallah,youhavereasyprayerssihedayyouleft.youeshortlyafterithappened.youdidirjan,butdonetthatyouaoahisjoueytoafghanistan.
arjan,iashadfortheliesethingstteredrethah.
arjan,ikbledforyou.butyourfatherairjan:
youandhassan.helovedyouboth,butheuldnotlovehassahesociallylegititehalf,thehalfthatrepresehericheshehadiedandthesinpunityprivilegesthatca.aybesodayyouself.yourfather,likeyou,irjan.
iebeaybeeven.andthisisorse.sotis,ithihinghedid,feedingthepoororeets,buildingtheorphanage,giviofriendsiinghielf.andthat,ibelieve,isptionis,arjaogood.
iknoe,andyoutoo.ihopeyoue.fiveyourfatherifyoueifyouostiortant,fiveyourself.
ihaveleftyousoofayhavesoexpensesoneyshouldbeenoughtoverthethereisabankinpeshaoneyisinasafedepositbox.ihavegivenyouthekey.
asfor,itistitogo.ihavelittletileftahatisfinalrequestofyou.
ileaveyouinthehandsofgod.
yourfriendalways,
rahibr>
idraggedthehospitalgoyeyes.ifoldedtheletterandputituress.
ar,thesoyapartnttheariaybeinarica,e,hesatlebitofhassan.
yourfather,likeyou,khanhadorse.yguiltoutontheverysapeopleihadbetrayed,arytetitalleaninsoiac
hadieverdoo
...
“ivebeenaningtoask,”faridsaid,alittlehesitantly.“happehathousehappealib”
“letsjustsayhgotwedeserved,”isaid.
faridnodded,didntpu**.itoeeefriends.“ivebeenaningtoasksothingtoo.”
“”
ididntkhan,”isaid.
“hesgone.”
heartskipped.“ishe”
“no,just...gone.”hehandedafoldedpieallkey.“thelandlavethis.hesaidrahihahedayafterwedid.”
“wheredidhego”
faridshrugged.“thelandlorddidntknokhaheletterandthekeyforyouandtookhisleave.”hekedhisch.“idbettergo.bia,sohrab.”
“uldyouleavehiereforauplater”ituedtosohrab.“doyoueforalittlewhile”
heshruggedandsaidnothing.
“ofurse,”faridsaid.“illpiaz.”
thereyrooten,onea,andayoungnoffifteenorsixteentothehazaraboysittingonastool.rooatesfaliesoldeninbrightshaleezes,etispeoplejust,likethetall,beardedn.aishaaskedhiothinginurdu.hepaidheoattentionatlelohannecessary.agaispunarounda.
“hohishands.
“areyouhungrythatladytheregaveaplateofbiryani,butiteatit,”isaid.ididntkno.“youit”
heshookhishead.
“doyoutotalk”
heshookhisheadagain.
epoint,and,dabit,theshadowshad
stretched,andsohrabe.heilllookingdohishands.
thatnight,afterfaridpikhaer.ihaddelayedreadingitaslongaspossible.itread:
arjan,inshallah,youhavereasyprayerssihedayyouleft.youeshortlyafterithappened.youdidirjan,butdonetthatyouaoahisjoueytoafghanistan.
arjan,iashadfortheliesethingstteredrethah.
arjan,ikbledforyou.butyourfatherairjan:
youandhassan.helovedyouboth,butheuldnotlovehassahesociallylegititehalf,thehalfthatrepresehericheshehadiedandthesinpunityprivilegesthatca.aybesodayyouself.yourfather,likeyou,irjan.
iebeaybeeven.andthisisorse.sotis,ithihinghedid,feedingthepoororeets,buildingtheorphanage,giviofriendsiinghielf.andthat,ibelieve,isptionis,arjaogood.
iknoe,andyoutoo.ihopeyoue.fiveyourfatherifyoueifyouostiortant,fiveyourself.
ihaveleftyousoofayhavesoexpensesoneyshouldbeenoughtoverthethereisabankinpeshaoneyisinasafedepositbox.ihavegivenyouthekey.
asfor,itistitogo.ihavelittletileftahatisfinalrequestofyou.
ileaveyouinthehandsofgod.
yourfriendalways,
rahibr>
idraggedthehospitalgoyeyes.ifoldedtheletterandputituress.
ar,thesoyapartnttheariaybeinarica,e,hesatlebitofhassan.
yourfather,likeyou,khanhadorse.yguiltoutontheverysapeopleihadbetrayed,arytetitalleaninsoiac
hadieverdoo
...