Book 2, Chapter 35 - 37 Summary

In Chapter 35, Sudha helps her mothers move out of the family mansion into their new flat. Their house will be torn down to allow an apartment complex to be built. Gouri has had her heart surgery and is feeling, and looking, much better. As they work, Gouri tells Sudha she has a visitor in the living room. It is Ashok. After Ashok convinces Sudha he has not come to gloat or offer her pity, he tells her he wants to marry her. In preparation for their wedding, Ashok and Sudha begin spending more time together. All family members approve of the wedding, except perhaps Sudha's unborn daughter who has taken to kicking at Ashok whenever he tries to come near Sudha. As Ashok drops Sudha off at her mothers' flat one evening he surprises her by requesting that she...