Then she brightens. “He’s getting warmer,” she exclaims, turning to Ove in triumph. Ove nods.
He was about to say something sarcastic to her. Now he finds, uneasily, that he’s relieved at the news.
He distracts himself from this emotion by assiduously inspecting the TV remote control.
Not that he’s concerned about the cat. It’s just that Sonja would have been happy. Nothing more than that.
“I’ll heat some water,” says Parvaneh, and in a single snappy movement she slips past Ove
and is suddenly standing in his kitchen, tugging at his kitchen cabinets.
“What the hell,” mumbles Ove as he lets go of the remote control and tears off in pursuit.
When he gets there, she’s standing motionless and slightly confused in the middle of the floor with his electric kettle in her hand.
She looks a bit overwhelmed, as if the realization of what’s happened has only just hit her.
It’s the first time Ove has seen this woman run out of something to say.
The kitchen has been cleared and tidied, but it’s dusty.
It smells of brewed coffee, there’s dirt in the crannies, and everywhere are Ove’s wife’s things.
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