"Maybe you should write about ugg boots on sale Afghanistan again,?Wahid said. "Tell the rest of the world what the Taliban are doing to our country.?
     "Well, I'm not... I'm not quite that kind of writer.?
     "Oh,?Wahid said, nodding and blushing a bit. "You know best, of course. It's not for me to suggest...
     Just then, Maryam and the other woman came into the room with a pair of cups and a teapot on a small cheap uggs online platter. I stood up in respect, pressed my hand to my chest, and bowed my head. "Salaam alaykum,?I said.
     The woman, who had now wrapped her hijab to conceal her lower face, bowed her head too. "Sataam,?she replied in a barely audible voice. We never made eye contact. She poured the tea while I stood.
     The woman placed the steaming cup buy cheap uggs online of tea before me and exited the room, her bare feet making no sound at all as she disappeared. I sat down and sipped the strong black tea. Wahid finally broke the uneasy silence that followed.
     "So what brings you back to Afghanistan??
     "What brings them all back to Afghanistan, dear brother??Farid said, speaking to Wahid but fixing me with a ugg boots for girls contemptuous gaze.
     "Bas!?Wahid snapped.
     "It's always the same thing,?Farid said. "Sell this land, sell that house, collect the money, and run away like a mouse. Go back to America, spend the money on a family vacation to Mexico.?
     "Farid!?Wahid roared. His children, and even Farid, flinched. "Have you forgotten your-manners? This is my house! Amir agha is my guest tonight and I ugg boots cheap sale will not allow you to dishonor me like this!?
     Farid opened his mouth, almost said something, reconsidered and said nothing. He slumped against the wall, muttered some thing under his breath, and crossed his mutilated foot over the good one. His accusing eyes never left me.
     "Forgive us, Amir agha,?Wahid said. "Since childhood, my brother's mouth has been two steps ahead uggs discount of his head.?
     "It's my fault, really,?I said, trying to smile under Farid's intense gaze. "I am not offended. I should have explained to him my Business here in Afghanistan. I am not here to sell property. I'm going to Kabul to find a boy.?