“Yes.”

Bibek shrugged. “So? Your aunt?”

When the doorbell rang, he opened it with a rehearsed smile.

She will offer unsolicited life advice: “Marry a girl from the village. City girls want ‘space.’ What is ‘space’? You are not a planet.”

Ramesh laughed. Then he called his mother.

“Then all is well,” his mother said. “That is Bayotata. Half demon, half goddess. And 100% yours.”