Ka knew he would always remember this scene; like a photograph taken from outside the shop, it showed him sitting at a table with two beautiful women—never mind that one of them had wrapped her head in a scarf. The two women were as agitated as Ka was calm. After Ka explained that Fazιl had given him a full report of the meeting at the Hotel Asia, Ïpek came right to the point. “Blue left the meeting in a fury. And Kadife now regrets what she said there. We sent Zahide to his hiding place but he wasn’t there. We can’t find Blue anywhere.”

