The Indian gentleman’s breath came more quickly.
“The friend might have MEANT to do no harm,” he said. “It might have happened through a mistake.”
Sara did not know how unrelenting her quiet young voice sounded as she answered. If she had known, she would surely have tried to soften it for the Indian gentleman’s sake.
“The suffering was just as bad for my papa,” she said. It killed him.”
“What was your father’s name?” the Indian gentleman said. “Tell me.”
The Indian gentleman’s breath came more quickly.
“The friend might have MEANT to do no harm,” he said. “It might have happened through a mistake.”
Sara did not know how unrelenting her quiet young voice sounded as she answered. If she had known, she would surely have tried to soften it for the Indian gentleman’s sake.
“The suffering was just as bad for my papa,” she said. It killed him.”
“What was your father’s name?” the Indian gentleman said. “Tell me.”