She leans over Roop the way Sardarji leaned over Satya the years she cried for children, brushing tears from Roop’s heavy lashes with her lips. She strokes her head as a mother would, says. “Slpee little one, we are together now.”And Roop sleeps, overcome by the afternoon heat.While Satya watches her.So trusting, so very stupid.

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