“daughter,sorayajan,”geaherisaid.hetookadeepbreathlikeaoyhaheeye.hispaleblueeyesrevealednothingofthethoughtsbehindthe

fortherestofthatday,ifoughttheurgetolooktohegrayvan.

hesled,andsarket.hings...didshehadbreastcer.

ishruggedandfoughtbackasle.“justcurious,baba.”

“ihearsheisadeir,”hesaid.

youngansvoiaybethatoftahneh,rostaotherfroheshahnah.hereyes,etne.heldforant.flewaway.

lyingaark,hergentlyhookednose,andtheinouseyeshadfleetinglyheldstutteredatthethoughtofher.sorayataheri.seetprincess.

itcatooaheri,ikneebefore.

inafghanistan,yeldaisthefirstnightofthenthofjadi,thefirstnightofalithatileaedtheloreofyelda,thatbedeviledthsflungtheelvesatr.

“youaresokind,dear,”geaherisaid.hetooktheoothskinjustaboveherleftjaosinside.herhairspilledtoonesideidboxesofoldrerdsandpaperbacks.

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“estoryfloatingaroundabouttaherisdaughter”isaidtobaba,tryingtosoundcasual.

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irolledeyes.“please,baba.”

“oyly.

“buttherethere”isaid.

“reallyisthatall”hesaid,hiseyesplayful,lingeringonne.“hasshedeaniressiononyou”

e.andoingsbed,sorayataherisbroyhead.inbabasbus,iuhelesuntilidseehersittingbarefoingyyelda.

“youknoe,”babasaid,ialktustogossipandiwalkaway.”

iiedexeshedgetupfroisdir

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