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Marigolds & Mayhem

The Truce Nobody Believes

Chapter 10 · free to read

The decor supplier had turned down two Bollywood weddings that year. He liked to say no before the chai arrived.

His polish. Her arithmetic. Twenty seconds of it and the room had gone quiet.

He signed before the chai went cold. Nobody in Lower Parel had seen that happen in nine years.

The trouble with a good rhythm is that you can hear the other person's footsteps in it.

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