Chapter 30

"Even the grass is edible," she said, bending down and pulling a green mound off the ground. "Try it, it has a taste of mint.

And there really was. It was a much stronger taste of mint than usual, which even made me water for the exaggerated freshness that spread all over my throat, but it still reminded me a lot of a chewing gum that never lost its taste. I closed my eyes while chewing, and only at that moment did I understand what the food could do for Faye, because I could momentarily forget everything that afflicted me. The taste was spreading throughout my body and bringing freshness to the parts that were asleep and on fire for that endless mourning.

So, when I opened my eyes again, Faye was smiling as a child would when receiving a Christmas present. I tried to reciprocate the smile, but the grass did not have so much strength to ward off the conflicting feelings in my heart once and for all, so the gesture was nothing more than an attempt to stretch my lips witho