Summary

Book 3, Chapter 6, Stinking Asafetida – Rumi and Dimple drive toward Khar, where the two park in an alley and have violent sex with Rumi drawing blood from Dimple. Dimple tells Rumi she has a friend who could have given him much better service. At home with his wife, Rumi is happy to remember the episode with Dimple.

Book 3, Chapter 7, Business Practices Among the Criminal Class: C & E – When Rashid, Dimple, and Bengali, arrive at Rashid’s, they discover it has been closed by Customs and Excise (C & E) and will be shut indefinitely. Rashid knows this is Khalid’s work, for having turned Khalid down over the drug pipeline. Each time Bengali sees Dimple, he notices she is thinner and older looking, as the drugs take a toll on her body. Dimple, meanwhile, helps orchestrate a revenge move against Khalid by tying...