Chapter 15

  The next morning, she was sitting in a cafe with a shapeless figure. One day I didn't get enough sleep. It was such a tiring day. She just wanted to get to bed but hadn't eaten since morning. She dragged herself to the cafe. Sana was at the counter and Anahita was staring at an invisible point in the cup of hands with both elbows resting on the table, when John sat down on the chair in front of her. He was her classmate and often claimed to love her, whom Anahita laughed and laughed at, not because she liked what he said but because he told her lies and movies. He would really bring tears to his eyes while talking and Anahita's laughter would be bad. He was a really great actor. Anahita would have been even happier if he had been angry and had not come before her for ten days. Then he would start walking back and forth in front of Anahita. Anahita thought many times that he had left her alone. She would listen to anything she said with one ear and take it out with the other,