“This isn’t very auspicious,” he said to me, hangdog about his appearance. “Auspicious” is the word Indians use a thousand times at weddings, to denote how blessed a union is. The food’s arrival was auspicious. Our star charts showed a good match: also auspicious. The fact that he was cheating on me but I had no idea? I’m sure someone would find a way to make it work in our favor.
