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“He sent this to you。”

Though she said; “No more;” she immediately opened the small note and

read; but this time she didn’t tell me what it contained。

She was right to be discreet; we weren’t alone in the courtyard where we’d

stood  embracing:  Above  us;  a  smirking  carpenter;  reattaching  the  shutter  of

the  hall  window;  which  fell  and  broke  for  some  unknown  reason  that

morning;   was   also   eyeing   both   us   and   the   women   mourning   inside。

Meanwhile; Hayriye came out of the house and rushed to open the door for

the son of a loyal neighbor who’d called out; “the halva’s here;” as he knocked

on the courtyard gate。

“It’s been quite some time since we buried him;” said Shekure。 “I can now

sense that my poor father’s soul is leaving his body for good and rising into

the heavens。”

She removed herself from my arms; and gazing up at the bright sky; recited

a long prayer。

I suddenly felt so distant and estranged from Shekure that it wouldn’t have

surprised me if I were the cloud she was gazing at。 As soon as she finished her

prayer; pretty Shekure kissed me affectionately on both cheeks。

“Esther;” she said; “so long as my father’s murderer roams free; there’ll be

no peace in this world for me or my children。”

It pleased me that she didn’t mention her new husband’s name。

“Go  to  Elegant  Effendi’s  house;  talk  casually  to  his  widow  and  learn  why

they didn’t send us any halva。 Let me know immediately what you find out。”

“Do you have any messages for Hasan?” I said。

I  felt  embarrassed;  not  because  I’d  asked  this  question;  but  because  I

couldn’t  look  her  in  the  eye  as  I  did  so。  To  cover  up  my  embarrassment;  I

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stopped Hayriye and opened the lid of the pot she was holding。 “Ohh;” I said;

“semolina halva with pistachios;” as I had a taste。 “And they’ve added oranges;

too。”

It  made  me  happy  to  see  Shekure  smile  sweetly  as  if  everything  were

happening as planned。

I grabbed my bundle and left。 I’d taken no more than two steps when I saw

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