Since he had the audacity to refer to Geeta, however, albeit indirectly of course, without of course uttering out loud the anathema of her unmentionable name, I should tell you in case you were wondering, that, yes, she did get in touch during this period—exactly once. I don’t know who told her what was going on, maybe it was Manika who had a smartphone of her own, one of Amma’s old models; Amma was always upgrading, the castoffs were encrypted and wiped clean of all data by the techie devotee and presented as a much prized trophy to a chosen follower. The entire communication from Geeta amounted to a tweet with the hashtag, #ItsNotMyFault: “She’s not here, if that’s what you’re thinking. No clue where she is. Ready to offer help. Just ask nicely.”