And, as she was to spend a lifetime with The Chut & Co., Geeta’s parents swore Saloni to secrecy. There was no sense, they said, in Geeta entering her marital home with resentment. This is what parents did for their children, Geeta’s mother assured Saloni as she removed her own wedding jewelry to be weighed and pawned. And they did it gladly. It wasn’t sacrifice, not when it was your child. Bullshit, Saloni had seethed. Bullshit. Parents’ dreams were too myopic—they clasped their hands and prayed to get through their daughter’s wedding. If we can just get her married, everything will be all
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