It's not that funny, but she giggles anyway, noticing that he's finally started to put back some of the weight he lost. "I never feel guilty about fries," she calls to him as he's walking away.

While he's gone, she stares off at the water and listens to the teenagers walking up to stand in line behind him. The girl and boy holding hands aren't so much younger than Behrooz but they might as well be from another universe.

Luckily, the stand owner is fast and her dad returns quickly.

She reaches to help him with the burden of too much food. "Street meat? You make it sound so appealing."