The narrator didn't like most presents except the notebook from Rahim Khan and the new "Shahnamah" from Ali and Hassan. In Amir's mind, he didn't deserve their present.
He trust that the best solution was to let them leave the house,becasue Amir could not stand the sufferance from his guity.
Here is a quotaion impressed me a lot.
And that led to another understanding: Hassan knew. He knew I'd seen everything in that alley, that I'd stood there and done nothing.
He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again,maybe for the last time. I love him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone,and I wanted to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass,the monster in the lake. I wasn't worthy of this sacrifice; I was a liar, a cheat, and a thief. And I would have told, except that a part of me was glad. Glad that this would all be over with soon. Baba would dismiss them, there would be some pain, but life would move on.
I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.
So he put the watch that his father gave him and some money in Hassan's room and told a lie to father that they had stolen them.
To Amir's great surprise, Hassan also told a lie. He admitted it. It shocked the narrator. At the same time, he knew that Hassan had seen him at that alley. Hassan was protecting him from father's blame.
Father forgave Hassan. However, Ali decided to leave the house. They were still protecting Amir. Father was extremely sad and did something that narrator had never seen. Baba cried,which shocked Amir a lot.
Whatever he did can't have them stay. It was the sin the narrator did.
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