Translated by Lucy Rand.
I start to
walk…
I walk.
I always walk when I need to think. I walk the congested streets of Rome
and my heart, my extravagant little heart, ...
Khaled cranked the wheel to the left, sending the Land
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flatbread rumbled in my stomach as nausea climbed ...
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