They bought a cheap watch because neither of them really believed in objects as remedies but both wanted something small to hold. The vendor wrapped it in wax paper. It ticked loudly in Riti’s palm—an insistence of time, counting out seconds like beads.
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She touched his hand, a brief, honest contact, then turned and stepped into a taxi that smelled of lemon. The city blurred past the window. She felt small in the world and enormous with unfamiliar possibility. They bought a cheap watch because neither of