sorayaahinganythingtofillthesilenedkabir,afhanaassadortosofia,allsurgianager,sorayaanager.ispentstofdaysiudy,eilingpeoplearoundtheyselfthatbringingsohrabherehadbeentherightthingtodo.</p>
theyeareheuehelastonehadended.insilence.</p>
then,fourdaysago,onaolrainydayinrch2002,asll,hinghappened.</p>
itooksoraya,khalajala,andsohrabtoagatheringofafghansatlakeelizabethparkihegeneralhadfinallybeensuooafghanistahbeforeforanistryposition,andhadfloilatojoinhihsoncehehadsettled.shessedhierriblyandhishealththereandedshestayhusforawhile.</p>
thepreviousthursday,thefirstday,hadbeentheafghannehesahebayareahadplannedcelebrations</p>
throughouttheeastbayandthepeninsula.kabir,soraya,andihadanadditionalreasontorejoice:ourlittlehospitalihesurgiit,justthepediatriic.butitart,weallagreed.</p>
ithadbeensunnyfordays,butsundaying,asisylegsoutofbed,iheardraindropspeltingtheoingnazphletihadobtainedfrohesqueaheversesaturallynolessly.</p>
ountedonsixpolesspikedtotheground.soonerosefroeailedalittleasthefourofusrushedailaintheddle,sohrabbehindus,thehoodofhisyelloboungonhisback.</p>
“ssofunny”sorayasaid,holdingafoldedneeroverherhead.</p>
“youan,butyouttakepaghnoutofafghans,”isaid.</p>
akeshifttent.sorayaandkhalajaladriftedtspinaont,thensteppedbaba.e,thequeriesaboutouradoptedanddecidedlyetric</p>
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