Laxmi and Miranda work in adjoining cubicles in the fund-raising department of a public radio station. Laxmi usually talks on the phone to her husband. Today Laxmi tells Miranda about her cousin's husband who falls in love with another woman. He sits next to her while flying from Delhi to Montreal. He gets off at Heathrow and calls his wife to tell her he needs time to figure things out. Laxmi is on the phone talking to her cousin for over an hour. Since they are often on the phone asking for money, no one notices.
Miranda is not listening to their phone conversation but hears Laxmi say Indian words occasionally. She is on the phone talking with Dev to decide where to meet. One word Miranda overhears from Laxmi is Bengali and she recalls.....
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