I was with my boyfriend and his mother buying rice at the market – I had met her just moments before and instantly took a liking to her. She was fat and friendly and nothing like Navan had described her.
Suddenly, she raised her droopy sarri slightly and produced the most thunderous wind I have ever heard. The crowd seemed to pause, as if slowed by the noise that became a stench before the breeze erased the moment.
She looked at Navan, his head bowed in mortification.
''What?'' she said. ''I don't know these people. I'll never see them again.''
Suddenly, she raised her droopy sarri slightly and produced the most thunderous wind I have ever heard. The crowd seemed to pause, as if slowed by the noise that became a stench before the breeze erased the moment.
She looked at Navan, his head bowed in mortification.
''What?'' she said. ''I don't know these people. I'll never see them again.''
