When she asked me if I wanted to touch her belly, I hesitated for a moment but then reached out. Her stomach was spongy and throbbing, and when I told Gali about it, it made her laugh.
Eli is still a bit mad that I didn’t share my suspicions with him, but I’m sure he’ll get over it soon. We know each other so well that he knows exactly why I disappeared on him these past few weeks. He’s also the only one who understands my daily visits with Gali.
Yes, I visit her every day.
The guards have already gotten used to me. Even Avihu is used to it by now, and says I’m a good influence on her. I wonder what he would think if I told him it’s actually the other way around.
“She so waits for your visits,” he says.
He has no idea how much I wait for them.
Because that’s how it is when a baby calls out to you from the darkness, and a girl is waiting for you on the other side of a tall wall.
Apparently, there are all kinds of relationships. All kinds of love.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR
SARAH BLAU is an author and playwright, a recipient of the 2015 Prime Minister’s Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, and the 2017 Bar-Ilan University Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of her contribution to enriching culture in Israel and her activity in the fields of literature and communication. She currently lives in Tel Aviv. An international bestseller, The Others is her American debut novel.
Born in Israel in 1983, DANIELLA ZAMIR is a literary translator of contemporary Israeli fiction. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in literature from Tel Aviv University, and her master’s degree in creative writing from City University in London. She currently lives in Tel Aviv with her sort-of-husband and two cats.
