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Chapter- 17(2)
For the entire day, Rathi spends her time in Mithran’s house and looked after his daughter while he went to do the cooking and clean the place which was all messy from yesterday's final rituals of Sumaya.
She looked after the sleeping child. How unfortunate that you're here! Rathi thought holding the baby's hand. She got from the bed when Mithran returned back. He asked her to leave if she wants to and Rathi came out nodding her head.
She doesn't want to go back to her house and stood on the doorstep. Her eyes gazed at the next door where Sumaya gave birth and died, her legs dragged her inside with no other thought that she will remind the incident again and again.
The room was clean and no traces of the horror that happened yesterday. Eventually, Rathi’s eyes welled in tears to think about Sumaya. Why she has to die at a very young age and not even looked at her baby's face.
Death is something easy for everyone here but for Rathi, it&rsq
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