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But now, at twenty-two, no longer a boy but a man, here he is again, looking for a place to hide—from the world, his friends, his family. The librarian looks up for a moment as he steps through the doors, and smiles.
She scanned the words again: it was a list of books. A reading list.
Home. She wondered what that word meant to everyone else.
Just a smile or a friendly face can make someone’s day a bit better. You might have ruined his. Was it worth it? Did you feel satisfied?”
She glanced behind her, hoping to catch a glimpse of him again. The train had gone.
People don’t always understand lonely people.”
He stopped reading midsentence, and sat in deathly silence. Books were an escape. But Mukesh was learning that they weren’t always an escape in a good way.
She wished Aidan could see her now; she wanted to share this moment with him, to show him that she was finally getting through to Leilah.
“Well, I think you’ll like it. Your ba took me to this place once, to pick up presents for your mum and your masis one day, when they were very young. I thought it might be nice to get you a present too.” Since Naina had died, Mukesh had failed to buy Priya presents she actually liked.
