第73节

  【】flight.“dotheyhavethehereyoulive”</p>

  “sanfranany,though.”</p>

  “oh,”hesaid.iore,buthedealtanotherhandandaskedifhisatballsandyuthfilledeofitdrippedfroheeroflips.sohrabhandedanapkinandedabatlips.isledandhesledback.</p>

  “yourfathera.ihadthenightosque,butihadnt.buthehadarighttoknoore.“halfbrothers,really.efather.”</p>

  sohrabstoppedchethesandheeversaidhehadabrother.”</p>

  “thatsbecausehedidntknow.”</p>

  “heknow”</p>

  “noooldhi”isaid.“noooldeither.ijustfoundoutretly.”</p>

  sohrabblinked.likehee,reallylookingat,fortheveryfirstti.“butfatherandyou”</p>

  “youkhatsaquestioherday.andtheresanansnotagoodosjustsaytheydidnttellusbecauseyourfatherandi...supposedtobebrothers.”</p>

  “becausehewasahazara”</p>

  iyeyestostayonhi“yes.”</p>

  “didyourfather,”hebegan,eyeinghisfood,“didyourfatherloveyouandfatherequally”</p>

  ithoughtofalongagodayatgharghalake,selftopathassanontheba,beangastheyrevedthebandagesfroassanslips.“ithinkhelovedusequallybutdifferently.”</p>

  “edoffather”</p>

  “no,”isaid.“ithinkheedofhielf.”</p>

  hepickeduphissanditsilently.</p>

  theheat,buttiredinapleasante.ihadthedriverpulloveratastorethatsoldeone.</p>

  thatnight,thefaithfulalloverthefinland,aguynadayub,askedifhisteenagedsonuldgotohellforofhisunderwearshowed.</p>

  “isaureofsanfrance,”sohrabsaid.</p>

  “really”</p>

  “therehapointytop.”</p>

  “youshouldseethestreets,”isaid.</p>

  “”heenoullahsingeachother.</p>

  “theyresosteep,hehoodofyourdthesky,”isaid.</p>

  “itsoundsse,hisbacktothetv.</p>

  “itisthefirstfees,”isaid.“butyougetusedtoit.”</p>

  “doesitsnohere”</p>

  “no,butalotoffog.youknohatredbridgeyousaw”</p>

  “yes.”</p>

  “sotisthefogissothitheing,allyouseeisthetipoftheth.”</p>

  thereile.“oh.”</p>

  “sohrab”</p>

  “yes.”</p>

  “haveyougivenanythoughttoiaskedyoubefore”</p>

  hissledfaded.herolledtohisbaedhishandsunderhishead.thellahsdecidedthatayubssohehaddith.“ivethoughtaboutit,”sohrabsaid.</p>

  “and”</p>

  “itscares.”</p>

  “iknosalittlescary,”isaid,grabbingontothatloosethreadofhope.“butyoullleaenglishsofastandyoullgetusedto”</p>

  “thatshatscarestoo,but...</p>

  “but”</p>

  herolledtoeagain.dreeifyoure”</p>

  istruggledoutofbedandynepheeerandsorayajan,shesaverykindan.trust,shesgoingtoloveyou.iprosethattoo.”icedsothing.reacheddoeholdit.</p>

  “idonttogotoanotherorphanage,”hesaid.</p>

  “iiseyouthat.”iine.“ehoe.”</p>

  histearse.thenhishandsqueezednebadhenodded.henodded.</p>

  theiintheisorayahadbeenupforanhettingreadyforschool.</p>

  “its,”isaid.iybed,gsohrabsleep.</p>

  “ar”shealstscread.“areyouokaywhereareyou”</p>

  “inpakistan.”</p>

  “youcallearlierivebeensickothersprayinganddoingnazreveryday.”</p>

  “iorryididntonth.isled.“andtellkhalajalatostopkillingsheep.”</p>

  “eanfinenoshyourvoice”</p>

  “dontfine.really.soraya,ihaveastorytotellyou,astoryishouldhavetoldyoualongtiago,butfirstiellyouohing.”</p>

  “isit”shesaid,hervoiautious.</p>

  “iotinghoalone.iringingalittleboye.”ipaused.“i.”</p>

  “”</p>

  iuehelegsofachairdraggedhurriedlyacrossthewoodenfloor.</p>

  “goahead,”shesaid.</p>

  thenididarriage:itoldontsonytis,dreadedit,but,asispoke,ifeltsothingliftingoffethingverysilarthenightofourkhastegari,eaboutherpast.</p>

  bythetiiystory,shewasweeping.</p>

  “doyouthink”isaid.</p>

  “idontknoir.youvetoldsoe.”</p>

  “irealizethat.”</p>

  iheardherblouho.iyouto.”</p>

  “areyousure”isaid,yeyesandsling.</p>

  “asure”shesaid.“ar,hesyourqaoyourfaly,sohesqaooo.ofurseiure.youtleavehiothestreets.”therepause.“shelike”</p>

  ilookedoveratsohrabsleepingonthebed.“hessnkindofway.”</p>

  “an</p>

  ...</p>