“sunotlikehisittingaroundoveinaposition.teauch,butitsitodoitsilove,anditsabetterthaingheway.”</p>
khalajalabithertongue.“ifheeverhearsyousayingthat,heoyouagain.”</p>
“dontossingheapkinoe.“ibruisehispreciousego.”</p>
inthesuerof1988,aboutsixnthsbeforethesovietsafghanistan,ifinishedfirstnovel,afathersonstorysetinkabul,ostlye.isentqueryletterstoadozenageednusilainsistedethatshee,avoeatgiventothepoorifbooked.</p>
“please,nonazn,khalajan,”isaid,kissingherfaoosooneinneed,okaynosheepkilling.”</p>
sixannadrtingreennee.ionlytoldsorayaaboutit.“butjustbeeanillgetpublished.ifrtihehene.”</p>
anthlater,rtinedied.</p>
<es,saidthathee.aftergeaheriandhisethegeneraldidnotapproveofendrinkingalhol,andsorayadidntdrinkinhispresence.</p>
“iaoproudofyou,”shesaid,raisingherglasstone.“kakaoo.”</p>
“iknoe.</p>
laterthatnight,aftersorayafellasleepadehersleepyistoodonthebalnyahedintheolsuerair.ithoughtofrahihanalenoteofsupporthehadeafterhedreadfirststory.andithoughtofhassan.soday,inshallah,youuylife.sochhappiness.iherideservedanyofit.</p>
thenovelrofthatfolloeonafiveeanorcelebrityintheafghannity.thatpletedtheirhdrawal</p>
frofghanistan.itshouldhavebeenatiofgloryfhans.iheebetentofnajibullah,andafghanrefugeeskeptfloidstofitall,afghanistanten.andgeaheri,irredaerthesovietspulledout,bah.</p>
thatheyearthatsorayaaryingtohaveachild.</p>
theideaoffatherhoodunleashedasotionsin.ifounditfrightening,invigorating,daunting,andexhilaratingallatthesati.sortoffatherake,i.</p>
butayearpassedandnothinghappened.oreiatient,reirritable.bythen,khalajalasinitiallysubtlehintshadbeeovert,asin“khodega”so“igoingtosingalahooforlittlenaadeanyqueriesdoingsoantalludingto</p>
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