Chapter 10 - Greedy Relatives

"We shouldn't crowd him," Nirvesh said. "Maybe we should leave Jags here for the time being and wait outside?"

Vijay agreed. "We'll be just outside. Besides, I'll try and hold people off as long as I can." He shot me a calculating look. "I will try and escort them in each and every time, but just in case I am unable to, will you be able to take charge here?"

I puffed up like a mother hen, protective instincts going haywire at the sight of the most magnificent man I have ever known confined to a hospital bed, bereaved and vulnerable to a pack of wolves that should have been guarding him instead. Let them try and touch him, I thought fiercely to myself, and they will learn exactly why Bengalis worship the goddess.

I assume I looked quite scary, for both Nirvesh and Vijay actually took a step back. Then Vijay smiled.

"Excellent," he said. "Nirvesh, come on, I have some work for you to do."

The boys left.