Book 2, Chapters 41 - 42 Summary

In Chapter 41, Sudha prepares to board the plane for America, both happy and sad at once. In Sudha's carryon bag, she spies a brown paper packet. The mothers tell her not to open it until she is on the plane. Sudha and Dayita had received many gifts upon their departure. These included a credit card from Ashok. Ashok tells Sudha he does not want her or Dayita to want for anything. In addition he tells her to feel free to use it to buy a return plane ticket when she is ready to come back to India. A few days before she left India, Sudha had received a wedding card from Ramesh's mother. Sudha feels the pain of this last stab from her ex-mother-in-law.

As soon as Sudha settles into her seat in the plane, she opens the brown...