“Okay. I don’t know how long these free recordings go for so I had best get on with it. The first thing I want to share is a tape of Nalini and me on the beach. I recorded this early in 1990. We were so carefree. So deeply in love with each other. This was before the forbiddings, the secret meetings, and everything else that happened after May 12th the following year. Enjoy! If Mikey’s nice enough to me, he’ll play this on a loop in my dying hours. Nothing would make me happier in my passing.” There was a brief silence, followed by several clicks and the introduction of an older recording, surprisingly crisp for being played into a computer microphone. They heard shushing and soft giggles mingled with the sounds of the bay: the soft hush of waves on the shore, a mix of gulls, and a soft b

