Summary

Meghna tells Bela that someone is at the door. Elise and Subhash were out for breakfast and Bela was doing dishes when Gauri interrupted. Bela can’t see who is there, so she opens the door. The storm door was recently fixed and when Bela sees her, she reaches out and locks the door. Meghda approaches with curiosity, asking who the lady is and why the door isn't open. Bela’s extremities operate with a will of their own as they open the door despite every fiber of her being.

Struck dumb, Bela is unable to answer questions Gauri asks, so Gauri turns to Meghda instead, asking her how old she is and who her father is. When Meghna asks Gauri who she is, Bela speaks for the first time telling her daughter that Gauri was a friend of her grandmother...