“Shanti, I’ve been thinking a lot about the story you told us about how the land here was reclaimed from the sea.” “What were you thinking?” “You said the land was once marsh and that the ground wasn’t as strong as we thought it was.” She raises her brows. “My family wasn’t as strong as I thought it was either. My mother’s sick and had to go stay with her family in their village. Sanjay left too . . .” I can’t trust myself to say anything more. But even without more details, Shanti understands what I need to hear. “Minni, I did say that the ground was marshy, but don’t forget that it has held
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