A Devil's Child: Suspense and romance while on the run from revenge in Saddam’s Iraq by Neurink Judit

Author:Neurink, Judit
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Distance

‘I have to leave. I’m going crazy here. I’m going to call Peter and say I want to quit.’

Davoud strides through the room of yet another new hiding place. He’s been looking like a caged lion for days. It is not only the effect of months of isolation from the world, of longing for an ordinary life and social contacts. I know what is coming. I can’t stop him.

‘If you want to go to Arash and Mesbah, go.’

I am painfully aware of the distance that has built up between us since Ahmed was born. It’s almost as if Davoud doesn’t really see me anymore. When did his sons become so important? When Zina got out of sight? And why couldn’t I prevent his desire for those two boys from getting between us?

‘If I go, I’m not coming back,’ he says harshly.

That prospect is like a stone in my stomach. I’m not going on my knees to beg. It will be chilly and cold without him, but things have changed so much already. I can’t reach him anymore. And yet, somehow, I can understand him. He misses his boys. He thinks he’s a bad father, that he totally let them down.

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