I told her to stop sending Rahul things. I told her to stay away. I told her don’t come back. She’s stupid to have gone to Shim...
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TOYESH Please you don’t even — Wait what? Shim? Shimla? REMANIKA (exasperated) Don’t come barging in my house and ask me questions like that. Your twisted socialist mind is not welcome here. TOYESH Hope to never see you again. Toyesh storms out of Remanika’s verandah, only one thing running in his mind — Shimla. DiSSOLVE TO INT. A BAKERY SHOP IN SHIMLA - DAY Maria’s buying scones at the bakery when Toyesh spots her from far away. He runs toward her like a lost child. Hoping to not alarm her, he starts walking the last few steps. MARIA ... I want some with a vanilla filling and do you have raspber... TOYESH I thought you liked the lemon filling. He did exactly what he intended not to do. He scared her. Once she grasped what was going on, she did something he had never expected her to do, an apparent emotion in his eyes. She hugged him tight. MARIA And I thought I’d never see you again. TOYESH Like I would ever give up my thesis. MARIA (smiles) How much trouble am I in? Is he looking for me? TOYESH Very much so. But he doesn’t know about Laxmi or Sarita. All he knows of is Antara. Who doesn’t really exist now, does she? MARIA I don’t care even if he finds me. A little money stolen from his wealth doesn’t affect him. He’s looking for me because I betrayed him. Or so he thinks I did.
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