Guest iin London Page #2

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- It's your aunty. Guddi Aunty.

- Kake.. Guddi's grown old. Guddi aunty.

- Yes. Yes" No.. who are you,

and what are you doing here? Didn't you recognize me? Gag.. Gangasharan Gandotra. Gag.. still don't recognize me? Where's the problem, son? Remember Kughi uncle, from Bhatinda? Yes, Kughi uncle.

- So Kughi uncle had a neighbor. He did.

- That neighbor had a wife. Bobby. Remember now Bobby?

She was beautiful, fair complexion. The neighbors used to

call her 'Malai' (Cream). Malai. The laundryman lived right in front. Kanar Singh.

- Kanar Singh. Guddi remembers. Kanar Singh swooped away the cream. He eloped with 'Malai'. We're the paying guests.

- Yes" Kanar Singh's?

- No, Malai's.. We're Malai's paying guests. Kughi uncle's neighbor's

paying guests? Now he remembers us. Like I said" Indians

never forget their roots. Come, son..come. Bless you, son. Bless you, son.

- Careful" This is your last chance. Ask him to remove the umbrella now.

- Yeah.. Uncle.. can you please

remove the umbrella? There you go. See.. - I've no plans of staying

here for the rest of the day. But how am I supposed

to come up now You don't need to anymore.

We're coming down. Pick up the luggage and follow me. Where?

- Home. Home?

- Yes" Kughi insisted that

if we go to London.. ...we must pay Kake a visit. So here we are. I am really happy. Come here.. So..all okay? Any problems in London? Not yet. Okay. Come. Yes, Kughi uncle. They are with me. Sorry I couldn't answer your call. No, after all,

they are your neighbor's tenants, 50.. "It's my duty to take care of them. I touched their feet.

- No, son, you forgot. You forgot" go on. Guddi, give him your foot. You've two..so give him one. Bless you, son. I did now. No, no problem at all. It's only for a few days. Yes..l'll call you back. Sorry, son.

He's suffering from indigestion. You.. I've told you a thousand times,

I can't digest horseradish anymore. So..all okay?

- Leave it.. Tell me, everything's okay? Good Lord. We're here finally. Kake, it's a beautiful place. Kake, is there a bar around here?

- Bar? Yes.

- Stop it. Come inside, uncle.

- Come. Kake, listen. Look, son,

we don't want to be a burden on you. We'll stay at a hotel if you like. Right.

- Of course. We don't want to trouble you, son. Yes" What are you saying, uncle? It's no trouble at all.

You're not strangers. This is your home too.

- Bless you, son. But if you insist on staying in

a hotel then I can't stop you. Who says you can't? I'll slap you across that face, you.. We're your uncle and aunt

after all..not some strangers. You've every right to stop us.

Right, Guddi? - Yes. Rightfully" Ask us to stay and

see whether do or not. Go on. Stop us. Please stay, uncle.

- We'll stay. We' ll stay. Such a trivial thing. We Punjabis have a huge heart, son. Always bickering nonsense.

Come, son. We'll stay with you. We're not going anywhere.

- Come on. This is your bedroom. Son..the room's too small. What? Even the closet's bigger.

- Yes. That's how it is out here. Let it be..

- You let it be, son. I'll manage. This is a woman's job. Those are unwashed.

-l'll wash them in the bathroom. Such tiny rooms. But really soft" It's nothing..go back to sleep. My back's all stiff. So..all okay? Aryan. Aryan?

- Where's the problem? Aryan. Aryan. Aryan.

- What are you doing here? I thought you'll be coming in late.

- Not important. There's a man in my bedroom,

and he just" Guddi aunty. Can you explain this?

- What? Your uncle's neighbor's tenants. Yeah.

- Yeah? But what are they doing in your house? This is normal. Guests and pests always

come uninvited in India. But you don't even know them. Listen to me.. I've seen them when

I was a kid.. maybe. But Kughi uncle does. Please, Anaya,

I cannot upset Kughi uncle. You don't have to lift a finger. I'll sleep in the living room

and they will sleep in my bedroom. Please, Anaya. They are innocent elderly people.

It's only for a couple of days" Maybe do some sightseeing

around London and then leave. Where's the problem, Guddi?

- Let it be. Do you really think

that girl is Kake's wife? I think there's a thief in the house.

- What? Look behind you

without turning around. Without turning around?

- Yes" See?

- Yes. Call Kake.

- We don't need Kake, I am right here. Allah, be kind..and

cure the doubts in my mind. This silence is

speaking volumes to me. Get away mister, this is personal. To hell with your personal matter. Thieves"

- Bloody thief" Don't let him go.

- How dare you steal? Get lost. Get lost. Careful..don't kill the rascal. Why you.. Close that door.

Close that door! Right away.

- Thieves. Looking to sneak in the house? Let's see you try.

- No, no.. There's another door, lady.

- Close that door too. I'll close it.

- He will escape from there. Damn! You..

- This isn't fair! This isn't fair! But I still have the wall. Damn! You.. Help me, Allah!

Help me, Father! Help me, mother! Help! Help! My husband, what happened? Who is she? The apple of my eye,

my cupcake..she's my wife. Huh.. such a beautiful wife? Bloody wife-stealer.

- No-no-no.. Uncle..

- No, uncle.. Uncle..

- Uncle..No, uncle.. Call the cops. Call the cops. No, no, don't call the cops. Don't worry, we'll handle this. Don't worry, we'll handle this.

You.. Ceasefire. Ceasefire. For God's sake have mercy.

- Why? We're their neighbors. Are they your neighbors?

- Neighbors. They live in the house in front.

- Our neighbors. Are you their neighbor?

- I am. And you were trying to sneak in? Are you Pakistani?

- Allah, how do you know? Your actions say everything. Come on. Come inside, let's have some tea.

- No. Indians first give you

a wound and then cure it. Come on. You are neighbor.

- Come on, have a tea. We're neighbors after all.

- Come on. So..all okay. Allah. And who is this? Name?

- Haroon Habibullah. We call him Harry. No, Harry. Haroon. Haroon's another name for Allah. I'll call him Haroon. Who are you two? They are my uncle and aunty,

from India. Uncle-Aunty..from India. You must be here

to attend the wedding. Whose wedding? Their wedding? Kake.. this isn't right. Guddi..they are getting married.. ...and we find out from

this Pakistani infiltrator. So they have no clue about

your wedding plans. - What? Did you tell them about your wedding? Why tell them" now I mean.. we wanted to

surprise uncle and aunty. Uncle-aunty..we're getting

married in 10 days. Does Kughi know? No..

- Huh! Yes" but he can't be here. Oh yes" his operation. What for? That's okay, we're here now. Such a beautiful girl. Give her your blessings. I can't give her my blessings.

- Why? Ask her to wear some clothes?

- What? But she is wearing clothes. Ask her to dress properly, son. Blessings don't work when

you're wearing such tiny clothes. What?

- Scatters. Yes..

Anaya, please wear that dress once. It's the entire set. One for the blessings.

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