‘Uncle, what you doin’ here?’ ‘Waiting for you. I stopped by Aladdin’s Cave and your friends told me you might be here.’ Uncle Tariq had left the shop during opening hours to search for him? Iskender felt his stomach twist in a knot. ‘Is everything all right?’ ‘We need to have a talk. Man to man.’ ‘Is this about the money you gave me the other day?’ ‘Oh, just shut up and listen to me.’ ‘But I’ve got to see someone now.’ ‘Never mind about that,’ Tariq said, his voice coming out as a croak. Only then did Iskender realize how tense his uncle was, how profusely he was perspiring in his sweater, as if the day were scorching hot. They sat on a nearby garden wall, surrounded by an awkward silence. Tariq lit a cigarette. Iskender wondered if Katie could see them from where she was sitting inside the café, and what he would say to her if she came out to ask what on earth was going on. ‘My son,’ Tariq said.
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