The Night Counter by Alia Yunis

Author:Alia Yunis [Yunis, Alia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-45364-8
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2009-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

IN HOUSTON, RANDY wondered why Dina hadn’t mentioned the boy with the green eyes. She was sure he had something to do with her tears.

She wanted to tell Fatima that Dina hadn’t gone to Gaza. But if she told her that Dina was going to stay in Lebanon, Fatima would continue to ask her if Dina had gone to see that damn house in the mountains yet. But Randy was a little worried about how well Amir was taking care of her mother after seeing his joke about her cutting off her hair.

She walked up and down her house before she found Bud. He was in the kitchen showing Manuela how to make kibbe.

“The key is to get the shell very thin,” he explained. “My fingers are a little fat for this, but you get the idea.”

“Sí,” Manuela said. “Kind of like a tamale, no?”

“Yeah, kind of like a tamale,” Bud agreed.

“That’s not thin enough,” Randy said. She took the shell from Bud and worked it herself. Randy made a perfect kibbe, surprising both herself and Bud.

“I had no idea you knew how to make kibbe,” Bud said. “I just asked the lady over at Drooby’s Market what ingredients to buy and thought I’d try my luck.”

She handed her kibbe to Bud when she went to answer the phone.

“Mom, I’m not coming home,” Dina said on the other end. “When I signed my contract, I committed to staying here the whole summer. I signed a piece of paper, and pieces of paper mean something.”

“That’s lawyer talk,” Randy said.

“I’ll bring you back some strawberries,” Dina promised.

Randy wiped away her tears after she hung up. She went to make kibbe with her husband and maid. On the way, she picked up the lottery ticket that had fallen out of Manuela’s apron and put it on the counter for her.

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