Summary

Chapter 31

Ahmed’s grandmother ends up walking off the roof, thinking to get to her husband, and then falling to her death. The neighborhood is devastated and quickly arranges for a funeral. Pasha tells Ahmed that he could understand why his grandma did that, as he thinks that he has been seeing Zari outside of his window. At the funeral, Pasha takes the opportunity to go over and visit Doctor’s grave. He thanks him for all the things he did as his friend, and promises that one day he’ll save up enough money so he can get Doctor a proper headstone, not the cheap slab of stone that the SAVAK used. He cleans up the grave and finds that his friends and the rest of the neighborhood have gathered to pay their respects, offering up red roses. Pasha promises that one...