I raised my eyes.
What does that mean?
- Martha sighs.
It means you drew the wrong conclusion.
I looked at Jack’s hand.
The movement that Martha had learned to make was so resembling a smoker’s gesture that my mind had immediately completed the rest.
Why did he raise his hand to his mouth?
Jack took something out of his pocket.
A tiny harmonica.
I was trying to learn.
I’m out of words.
“My grandfather was playing one,” he said.
Emma was pointing to the three tubes.
And these are the questions.
- What questions?
Martha’s getting up slowly.
- About the family.
It all started almost a month before.
At school, Emma had received a project about family history.
He had to interview an older relative.
He asked Martha for help.
The first question was simple:
“What was my father like when he was a kid?”
Martha told them about Mike.
