Bondita stepped into the new home, her heart feeling a strange mixture of lightness and lingering ache. Unlike the sprawling, cold marble of the Roy Choudhary haveli, this house was modest and warm. It had a small, sunlit hall, two cozy rooms on the ground floor, and a single room perched on the first floor like a quiet lookout.
Naina Boudi was the first to reach her. Her eight-month belly made her movements slow and graceful, her face glowing with the late stages of pregnancy. She pulled Bondita into a tight, fragrant hug, the kind of hug that didn't demand explanations or business strategies.

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