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THE REFUGEES HAD nowhere to go. Their homes had been destroyed by water.
I told them that they could sleep in the yard, as long as the young children and their mothers slept on the veranda.
While they all settled for the night, and Thayu fell asleep feeding Emi, I got to prepare for the ceremony. I finally knew what I was going to say and how I was going to handle those people who would come schmoozing to get into our sphere of influence: tell me how you’re treating your workers. Show me you’re treating everyone fairly.
There was also something else I needed to do, and I was the only one person who could do it.
Sitting in the living room while Thayu and Emilu slept in our bed, I wrote to Rashanu and Jeetari. I wrote to Ezhya, letting him know that Jeetari was an important person in
