Chapter 10 – Between Waiting and BecomingMumbai learned Suhani’s footsteps quickly.Within a week, the city no longer felt like a stranger brushing past her shoulder. It felt like a presence—observant, demanding, but not unkind. Each morning, she woke before the alarm, the sound of distant traffic mixing with the faint call of birds that still dared to exist between concrete towers. She stood by the balcony with her tea, watching the city stretch awake, and somewhere in that movement, she found herself stretching too.Workdays were full now—full in the way that left no room for unnecessary thoughts, yet somehow created