Summary

In Part 6, Deraniyagala found it difficult to answer questions posed to her by Kristiana, a girl who was like a sibling to Vikram, because Vikram was not there. Even though she wanted to escape from Kristiana, she wondered why she still saw so much of Vikram in Kristiana.

At the house in London in 2009, Deraniyagala thought of how she had been without her family for five years. It has been five years since the boys and Steve played together in the garden. Deraniyagala realized her attitude about her family was different during this visit. In the past, she had wanted to keep memories distant and blurry. Now she investigated the lives they had almost as if she were discovering them again. She remembered Malli and his fantasy world of shows and costumes. She found sheets of paper all around the house filled with Vikram...