Summary

Amir can see the doctors working on Sohrab but they won’t allow him in the room. For five hours he waits for news. He falls asleep and a medical official wakes him. Amir learns Sohrab has a transfusion and was revived twice, but is alive and stable. Amir remains at Sohrab’s bedside almost every minute after that. When Sohrab is released from the Intensive Care Unit, Amir rushes to the motel to get clean clothes. The owner tells him he has to leave because the situation is “bad for business.” Amir says he understands and takes his things. At the hospital, Sohrab is on suicide watch. When Sohrab is awake, Amir talks to him, promising that Sohrab will go with him to America and that he’s safe. Amir begins to read with him and one day Sohrab interrupts, saying he’s...