when Amir and Baba flee from Pakistan to america they end up in a California city called Fremont. there they begin thier lives, Baba and Amir at first do not fit in at all. to Amir this was just a place for amir to bury his memories he said, but for Baba his was a place to mourn his memories. At the age of 20 Amir graduated from highschool. After the graduation Baba gets drunk and he has Amir drive hime home. as they pull up they he see's a car and its for Amir. and his dad tells him he can use it for college. Amir upsets Baba when he tells him when he goes to college he wants to major in English. when Amir meets Saroya, he begins to court with Saroya. he Stops flirting because her dad does not aprove of them. then Saroya secret comes out and she is not pure. Baba has lung cancer.Amir and Saroya get married. then Baba dies. and Amir writes his first story in 1988.