Desi Fiel =link= Today

Ravi winced. Fiel. His mother had picked it up from the Dominican ladies in the bodega next door. She used it like a weapon now — la fiel de Ravi — as if Sofia's loyalty to him was a foreign disease.

"Maa, I work Sundays now. The warehouse—" desi fiel

" Mami , he works hard. He's good to me." Ravi winced

Desi fiel , Ravi thought. Not a contradiction. A new kind of promise. desi fiel

"I know."