‘I want to sleep' I said. I fumbled for Saurabh’s phone in the dark, to
shut the annoying, super-loud 5 a.m. alarm. Saurabh was up and had already
taken a shower. He was wearing a black hoodie for Operation Adi Search. I
shut the alarm and my eyes. Saurabh pulled my arm.
'Get up, our window is limited' Saurabh said.
I dragged myself out of bed. Half-asleep, I went to the bathroom and
splashed ice-cold tap water on my face.
'Okay, so your plan is we get in before Gopika? And hide?’
'There’s no other way. Only he has the keys to his apartment.’
I put on a thick black woollen sweater over my T-shirt.
'So, how does this work again?’ I said.
'Every morning, around 6 o’clock, Gopika goes to Adi chachu’s place to
clean it. He wakes up earlier, around 5.30, and leaves the door open for
