Sold....

All of the sudden a man was coming into there place and all the people ran to hide. Lashkmi and Anita hit under a cuboard in the kitchen. They are saying that shanana got taken away by the americans and if it is true of that Lakshmi thinks its all her fault and is blaming herself. Lakshmi steals a lock and tells anita that next time there in a tragedy like this they will just lock themselves in here. she relizes she has been doing the calculation wrong and has over 5 more years at this place. She decides she needs to do something about it and will do anything and everything to get out of this hell hole. The little boy brings her a coca cola but she shys away from it. Then she takes some and it brings a smile to her face. He says that he will bring her wahtever she wants but the next day he comes bakc and has a cut brow and a beat up face. Today, a unusally nice man comes to see Lakshmi and ask her all these questions and tells her he can take her to a better place. She doens't know what to say becasue she doesn't know if he is a good american or bad. He then tells her he will bring other good men and police who are not friends of Mumtaz to get her out of this place. He will come back for her. At then end of this book the man comes back for her with police men and indians while Mumtaz is getting held by them. She is safe.