Chapter 19‘If this is as it ought to be,
My God, I leave it unto Thee’
— “Dora’ by T.E. ‘Brown
The month of November dawned with a promise of settlements, grim and unwanted maybe, but decisive and final. New relationships were forged, putting a firm seal on the breakdown of the earlier ones.
Priyam was engaged, a few days later Sid too went through the ceremony. Another engagement was solemnized a few days later, though only informally and in the privacy of Raj’s car. It was to be kept secret from everyone else. Diamonds, however, have a way of announcing their presence on a girl’s finger. Unsurprisingly therefore, scarcely a day had passed since Raj had slipped the ring on her finger and its glitter had already proclaimed Aashi’s happiness to everyone.
Priyam’s engagement took place
