‘Avain’ he repeated. I got up and kneeled beside him, water from earlier making my knees wet through my jeans. ‘Yes?’ I said as my voice cracked, thick with emotion. He laughed, quite a deep laugh from his small frame, but as I remembered his youth I knew this laugh was his. It was almost like some kind of unique song. ‘Avain’ he said again, voice softer, gentler. His eyes smiled with him. How did he know my name? Could he hear me all along? After all those years? Susi ! Did he know about his grand-daughter, all my woes, all those years I spent with him growing up? Did he know how much my mother cared for him with every inch of her being and never once
‘Avain’ he repeated. I got up and kneeled beside him, water from earlier making my knees wet through my jeans. ‘Yes?’ I said as my voice cracked, thick with emotion. He laughed, quite a deep laugh from his small frame, but as I remembered his youth I knew this laugh was his. It was almost like some kind of unique song. ‘Avain’ he said again, voice softer, gentler. His eyes smiled with him. How did he know my name? Could he hear me all along? After all those years? Susi ! Did he know about his grand-daughter, all my woes, all those years I spent with him growing up? Did he know how much my mother cared for him with every inch of her being and never once