“Eeeeeeee!” shrieks Shree.
Akka is beside her in a second, along with the station manager.
“No. But I am an uncle and would like to be your friend, Shree. I like to make friends with young girls,” says the uncle-who-is-not-Chaitra.
The uncle-who-is-not-Chaitra is surprised. He didn’t expect that Shree would bring two grown-ups with her.