methodically working a sword all the way through his body until it comes out through the soles of his feet.
Ove gasps for air but there’s no air to be had. He falls in the middle of a stride, tumbles with his full weight into the snow.
Perceives the dulled pain of his cheek scraping against the ice,
and feels how something seems to be squeezing the insides of his chest in a big, merciless fist.
Like an aluminum can being crushed in the hand. Ove hears the running steps of the burglars in the snow, and realizes that they are fleeing.
He doesn’t know how many seconds pass, but the pain in his head, like a long line of fluorescent tubes exploding, is unbearable.
He wants to cry out but there’s no oxygen in his lungs.
All he hears is Parvaneh’s remote voice through the deafening sound of pulsating blood in his ears.
Perceives the tottering steps when she stumbles and slips through the snow, her disproportionate body on those tiny feet.
The last thing Ove has time to think before everything goes dark is that he has to make her promise
that she won’t let the ambulance drive down between the houses.
Because vehicular traffic is prohibited in the residential area.
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