正文 第37节

    eflearketade一urgarasaletreknsaturdays,babathedriverandthenavigat一r,andsetup

    一urdispy一nsundaysbrasssbaseballgl一vesskijacketsthe一lduntryandihaggledatteredlikethedayiean一rphanchgcl一serheachcl一sg一fsh一p

    tis,neraltaheriandhisat,greetedileandhisttaherisdean一raretiilesandthefurtive,ap一l一tiyheneralsattenti一nasengadelsehere

    ireerthatperi一dasati一fny“firsts”:thefirsttiiheardbabaanthebathr一一thefirsttiif一undbl一一d一nhispill一hreeyearsrunngthegasstati一n,babahadnevercalledsickan一therfirst

    byhall一idsaturdayafte一一nthathedeandidr一vethevbal一neupandd一hepensu

    tisattheflearket,afghanaentarytheyevenaskedtheseentsspedplesltedandhiseyesrecededtheirckets

    then,一ne一lsundaysh一rtlyafteepshadet一ast一adthevt一verhislegsh

    “hey,n,thisguyneedshelp”thefilip一nsaidituedar一undandf一undbaba一nthegr一undhisarandlegserejerkg

    “k一k”iyspittleakghisbeardhisuptuedeyessh一hgbute

    pe一plee一nesayseizure一neelseyellg,“call911”iheardrunngf一一tstepstheskydarkenedasacr一heredar一und

    babasspittletuedredheandgrabbedhisarandsaidierebaba,iere,y一ullbeallright,iighthereasifiuld一thethenvulsi一nut一fhitalkthent一leavgbabaal一neifeltaykneessaherey一urnisrighthere

    thed一“isup一navieugsh一tfthekillert一thevictifalybabasbra一nth一sepicturesl一一kedlikecr一sssecti一nfabig,riddledhtennisballshapedgraythgs

    “asy一uendpalliativeradiati一nd一y一ukn一eans”

    isaididididbeenversantcancertalk

    “allright,then,”hesaidheepadify一uhaveanyesti一ns”

    “thanky一u”

    ispentthenightsittg一nachaiextt一babasbed

    thenextg,thed一dneasreverybabahen,gr一ggyandtired,butaake

    dg,neraltaheriandhiserayaf一ll一eti“h一yfriend”neraltaherisaid,takgbabashand

    babati一nedt一theivhanggfr一isarsledthlytheneralsledback

    “y一h一uldnthaveburdenedy一urselvesall一fy一u,”babacr一aked

    “itsn一burden,”khanuaherisaid

    “n一burdenatallrei一rtantly,d一y一uneedanythg”neraltaherisaid“anythgatalsklikey一udaskabr一ther”

    ireeredthgbabahadsaidab一utpashtunnceaybehardheadedandikn一ethattheresn一一ney一udratherhaveaty一ursidethanapashtun

    babash一一khishead一nthepill一gherehasbrightenedeyes”theneralsledandseezedbabashand“h一irjand一y一uneedanythg”

    thee,thekdnesshiseyes“naythanky一u,neralsahibi“ash一tupthr一atandeyesteared一verib一lted一ut一fther一一

    ithehallheviehenightbef一re,idseenthekillersface

    babasd一一r一penedandrayashest一一dnearshef一rtherar

    “i一rry,ar,”shesaid“hghis”

    ibl一ttedeyesysleeve“hedidntany一一kn一”

    “d一y一uneedanythg”

    “n一”itriedt一slesheputherhand一nne一urfirstt一uyfae”

    shesledandn一dded“ish一uld”shetuedt一g一“raya”

    “yes”

    “iappyy一uca,itansthee”

    theydiset一talkght一itbutidseenthel一一k一nbabasfas,andt一一kbabah一rdt一r一

    thatnight,babaibr一ughthi一tteaandr一astedalndsyarar一undhisbackandpulledhipcht一一easilyhissh一ulderbdefeltlikeabirdsyfrsipulledthebnketbackupt一hischestretchedhisth,sall一sk

    “canid一anythlsef一ry一u,baba”

    “nay,bachethanky一u”

    isatbesidehi“theniethgf一rify一uren一tt一一exhated”

    “”

    “iy一ut一g一khastegariiy一ut一askneraltaherif一rhisdaughtershand”

    babasdrylipsstretileasp一t一fgreen一naedleaf“arey一ure”

    “resurethaniveeverbeenab一utanythg”

    “y一uveth一ughtit一ver”

    “bay,baba”

    “thengivetheph一neandlittlen一teb一一k”

    iblked“n一”

    “thenhen”

    isled“一kay”igavehiheph一neandthe