Chapter 92 She Came To See Me

• Mr. Alkan stood in the doorway, his presence filling the small room with immediate authority. His eyes moved from Hasan to me and back again, the disapproval in them sharp enough to cut.
• “I asked a question,” he said. “What is she doing here?”
• Hasan didn’t answer right away. He remained standing close to me, the earlier intensity still coiled tightly under his skin even as he turned fully toward his father.