" He says and takes her bag. "Myfriend brought his car." He looks at her with large brown eyes and shemelts. So much has happened since they last met....utside the air is warm and she tries to calm herself. She thought shewould never get to come back to Casablanca."Bella, get inside." He opens the car door and she climbs in back. Hisfriend says hello. He is not the same guy who drove them around last time.They speak in Arabic and she looks out the window. The palm trees looklovely. She touches. ‘And now its time for you and Avarind to go and play and let me do some chores here.’ We all got up from the table, and she kissed the top of his head and shooed us out the door.‘Your mom is so nice,’ I ventured to Shreyas as we walked to the park.‘Do you remember your mommy?’ he replied.‘No, I was so young when she and my father died, I have no memory of her.’‘I remember mine, I mean my real mom, my Riyamom’s sister. She was so nice too.’I was silent, thinking how unfair it was that Shreyas. That one singular word. That magic word. The word that changed Hinata’s weight-gain progression entirely, the day she suddenly put on 75lbs from visiting that stall. The word that defined her hunger growing to almost insatiable levels, and her weight skyrocketing more than the day before. Especially after making love to her husband for hours when he got home.The ramen stall so far was also the only one Hinata would skip at the market, both to the relief of the vendors and frustration. Relief. Pinbu thaan enaku therinthathu kandipaaga ival oothu irukiraal enbathu, ganesh oru virgin paiyan.Aanal avarum oru virgin pennai thirumanam seithu irunthaar endraal, kandipaaga avar manaivi veru yaaraiyum paarthu iruka matargal. Aanal intha city pen athu pola ilai, en nanban oru gramathai sernthavar, city pengal perumbaalum niraiya aangal udan roamce seithu oothu irupaargal. Intha pen soothai paarthaale therigirathu ival munbe oothu irukiraal enbathu.Thirumanam mudinthathu ganesh en idam eppadi.