Kivi cleared his throat, and when no one realized, he said, “I just want to say something, if that’s okay, no major speeches or anything”
I dialed Ari, but I was too late, I knew, and I felt a pit in my stomach. I should’ve at least told him I was hiring Linda before I did it
Vasara sucks in her breath. She swivels in her office chair and closes her eyes. Her trip to Riga belongs to another era, relegated to a dusty corner of her brain, the door shut firmly after it
“There is one more condition,” he said. “You, Yitzy Levinson, are forbidden to tell anyone about this. You may not tell your friends, and you may not even tell your siblings”
If her documentary spurred Rina to make more of an effort to get to know her daughter, well, wasn’t that a good thing?
I didn’t know what else to say. Poor Asher! How would I feel if I was suddenly cut off from Yoel and Yom Tov and Tulli and all my friends?
