The Kite Runner | Chapter 14

The story shifts to June 2001. Amir and Soraya have a cocker spaniel named Aflatoon, which means Plato in Farsi. The General named him Plato because he said, “that if you looked hard enough and long enough into the dog’s filmy black eyes you’d swear he was thinking wise thoughts.” Soraya, has been teaching at the same school for six years. She has aged gracefully and is as attractive as ever.

Amir gets a call from Rahim Khan one day asking him to come and visit him in Pakistan, remarking mysteriously "come.There is a way to be good again." So, Amir tells Soraya that he has to go to Pakistan to visit Rahim Khan, who is very sick. Amir believes that there is an un-spoken secret between Rahim Khan and himself. This is foreshadowing the fact that Rahim Khan knows all about Hassan, and how he is Amir’s brother and will soon tell him. Rahim Khan, has also always known about the circumstances surrounding Hassan, being raped, and what Amir did in order to get Hassan and Ali out of his life. Amir finally decides to go to Pakistan and visit Rahim Khan.

Soraya's parents are to move in with her after Amir leaves for Pakistan. The General has fallen down and has broken his hip and is in poor health because of his failing kidneys. He is nursed lovingly by his wife. The General meanwhile has come to accept Soraya as a teacher and would sometimes even attend her classes.

Both Soraya and Amir have learnt to accept their childless state stoically, but it has begun to affect their marital happiness.