Deep Waters
“Using this as an excuse to do something other than marvel at the convoluted picture he was building up of the Albanian’s world – old railway tickets, expensive trainers, cheap aftershave, foreign artefacts – he left his desk and ran out into the corridor.
‘Çöktin!’ he called to the back of the other man’s drooping red head. ‘What are you doing here? I thought you were ill!’ Turning, a thin smile on his pale lips, İsak Çöktin walked slowly back towards Tepe, stopping occasionally along the way i...n order to cough.
‘I’ve returned,’ he said gasping somewhat over his words, ‘as much to visit the pharmacy and get some proper medicine as anything else.’ ‘Haven’t you been taking aspirin?’ ‘No, but I have been given a variety of drink and food designed many hundreds of years ago to alleviate symptoms such as these.’ ‘Your mother,’ Tepe said with a knowing smile.
‘Yes,’ Çöktin replied, ‘wishing only a speedy recovery for her son.’ ‘She makes you eat and drink Turkey’s past.’ Çöktin’s smile encouraged Tepe to usher him into İkmen’s office.MoreLess
‘Çöktin!’ he called to the back of the other man’s drooping red head. ‘What are you doing here? I thought you were ill!’ Turning, a thin smile on his pale lips, İsak Çöktin walked slowly back towards Tepe, stopping occasionally along the way i...n order to cough.
‘I’ve returned,’ he said gasping somewhat over his words, ‘as much to visit the pharmacy and get some proper medicine as anything else.’ ‘Haven’t you been taking aspirin?’ ‘No, but I have been given a variety of drink and food designed many hundreds of years ago to alleviate symptoms such as these.’ ‘Your mother,’ Tepe said with a knowing smile.
‘Yes,’ Çöktin replied, ‘wishing only a speedy recovery for her son.’ ‘She makes you eat and drink Turkey’s past.’ Çöktin’s smile encouraged Tepe to usher him into İkmen’s office.MoreLess
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