This isn’t supposed to happen. Chavy is the ultimate homebody; it was one of the things I’d liked most about her when we dated thirty years ago,At Sea,This isn’t supposed to happen. Chavy is the ultimate homebody; it was one of the things I’d liked most about her when we dated thirty years ago
S hmuel
“You do not want to go to Kolkata” I say as I hack a minute steak that has clearly been left in the pan too long.
“Oh but I do” says Chavy “I really do. Isn’t Kolkata in like Cambodia? It’s probably beautiful.”
“Kolkata is in India. And it may be beautiful but it’s also congested and dirty and not entirely safe.”
Chavy’s face falls and for a minute I feel a pang. It’s been hard for her these past few weeks. For the first time ever there are no children home. With the girls married and the boys off in yeshivah she has no one to dote on to fret over to ply with food and love. She seems to be unmoored. I want to make her smile.
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