The summer heat was still clinging to the evening when Papa pulled the car off the highway onto a dusty, deserted patch behind a row of shuttered dhabas. Neha felt that familiar knot tighten in her stomach, the one that always showed up now when Papa’s eyes met hers in the rearview mirror and a crooked smile lifted the corner of his mouth. This time Riya was squeezed into the backseat beside her, all wide eyed and innocent in a pink salwar kameez, a dupatta draped loosely over her head. The three of them had been shopping in the city for hours, and the pretext for stopping was the same as always: the car was acting up, Papa needed to wait for a mechanic, and the two girls should just relax.
Neha knew better. She already had her hand on Riya’s knee, squeezing it in a way that was supposed to be reassuring but felt more like ownership. Papa switched off the engine and twisted around in the driver’s seat, his thick arms resting on the headrest.
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