A Spring Betrayal

Authors: Tom Callaghan

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“The babushka uncapped the bottle and Saltanat took a long swallow. She put the bottle down, started to pick at the edge of the label.I said nothing.“So you met with the minister then?” she asked.I didn’t reply, merely looked at her, raised an eyebrow. Saltanat reached over and took a cigarette from my pack, lit it, blew the smoke away as if she were doing her best to keep her temper, and wanted me to know it.“I obey orders, like you. Except when it suits me not to. Again, like you,” she said, t...ook an angry swig at her beer. “I want to help you. I want to catch whoever put a bullet through Gurminj’s head, and neither of us will succeed in that minor task if Tynaliev wants our heads on stakes in Ala-Too Square, will we?”I knew pragmatism and acceptance were called for. But pride has a strange way of making us turn away from the sensible path, watching us trek over the mountains instead of through the valleys. So I simply shrugged, feigned indifference, and watched the babushka pour ashlam foo into bowls, the eggs settling on cold noodles, fat glistening in the sunlight.Saltanat sighed, concentrated on her cigarette.MoreLess Read More Read Less

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