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I swung the pestle.

The next morning, my mother washed Meera’s feet. There were cuts on the soles. She did not cry. night attack on my little sister

“No,” I said. “She saved herself. She bit him. She never screamed. She knew I would hear the silence.” I swung the pestle

Behind us, the man with the broken wrist was shouting. The other was groaning. But we knew the path to the headman’s house—every root, every turn. We ran barefoot through thorn and stone, and Meera did not make a sound. Not one. ” I whispered.

“Run,” I whispered.