Chapter 2 · free to read
The freeze held for thirty-six hours. His lawyer needed forty minutes and one sheet of paper to undo it.
Ashok used to say that same sentence to depot boys who could not read. It is the last thing he said to anybody who was listening.
The court gave them their money back in thirty-six hours. It did not give them back the ledger, and the ledger is the only thing I ever wanted.
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