The days after Priya’s embarrassing fall passed peacefully. For the first time in a long while, Sophie felt light inside her heart. Priya’s insults no longer had the same sting; if anything, they made Sophie more determined to prove that she and Rohan could build a future together, no matter how small their beginnings.
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A New Idea
One evening, Sophie sat on the floor, carefully folding away their little pile of saved money into a tin box she kept hidden beneath her clothes. Rohan sat nearby, patching up a tear in his shirt with a clumsy hand.
“Rohan,” she said suddenly, her eyes thoughtful, “do you know what I want to do with our savings?”
He looked up curiously. “What?”
She smiled softly, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. “I want to buy a sewing machine.”
Rohan tilted hi
