"I knew her, a little. She used to come into Beigel’s Bake in the mornings, always had coffee and two cheese bagels. When I was little my dad used to tell me not to go near her because she was a bad woman. Because of what he said I was afraid of her, but when I got old enough to go down to the markets with my brother sometimes she used to buy me coffee and a treat. She didn’t change after I, um, after I changed, you know? She was kind to me. Plenty of people weren’t." Rani shifted uncomfortably in her chair, reliving some painful memories of late childhood.