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and, my insurance will cover it anyway.

Sorry! This is very embarrassing.

It's okay. Pay me later, okay.

Is it paining? - No, it's fine.

You know it actually looks very nasty.

Sorry.

Please sit down.

Sit, sit.

Oh God!

I lied to you.

About?

I didn't slip in the bathroom, somebody hit me.

Who?

I don't want to talk about him.

By the way, this wound makes you look quite cute.

Are you really married?

You think I am lying?

No.

But some people just say that they're married.

Maybe they think

it's more respectable or something.

You can trust me on that.

I'm not judging you.

It's just that

at times you behave strange.

Strange?

Okay! Not strange.

Worried?

Secretive.

As if

you don't want me to know about you.

You don't want to get involved in my problems.

Maybe I do.

I want to have wine.

But you're not supposed to mix sleeping pills with alcohol.

The amount of the medicine increases. No, I am serious.

It gets absorbed in your blood stream.

That's even better, I need it.

But it's dangerous. - It's just wine.

I'm going to drink only one glass.

For you?

Here you go.

Thank you. - Go on, I'll be right there.

So, are you working on anything new?

I've stopped writing.

Why?

I don't get any time.

Always so busy with work

that I hardly realize when the day ends.

By the way, you've published all your writings, right?

Yes, but it hardly made any difference.

You know, I had lot of debts that had to be paid off.

Later on I got married.

Then credit-card.

TV, Fridge. Home.

Life comes with all these expenses.

And poetry just doesn't pay.

Doesn't it?

It doesn't.

Wait, let me see.

Hi, Saurabh!

Oh! Shruti!

Roshni?

Roshni isn't at home.

But she has returned, hasn't she?

No, she hasn't.

Oh God!

I'll just come in. - No stop..

Wait.

I'm a little busy right now.

But I've already informed the police.

What do they have to say?

They are working on it.

How did you get hurt?

Ashish was here.

Ashish?

So you also know Ashish?

Wait.

Can I come later and see you?

It's too late.

I've taken some sleeping pills.

I haven't slept

since all this has started, I haven't slept.

Tomorrow? Should I come tomorrow and see..

Is that your wife?

No.

I think I should go now.

Please don't go.

You must be tired.

And anyways, you've taken pills.

I think you should rest now.

The pills have no effect on me.

Still

you're married right?

Yeah!

Please don't go.

Time has a way of slowing down when you're around.

Really?

Yeah.

For me too.

So you're staying, right?

If you want me to

Can I ask you something?

Yes, Sure!

I write well, right?

Yeah.

Then..

C minus..

What happened?

I think it's those pills..

Relax.

Listen, it's not working.

It's.. it's not working. Sorry.

I'm so stupid!

Sorry. It's me please.

It was such a mistake.

You don't have any right to ask me this question?

You rascal! You piece of crap.

You are empty like a vacuum!

You don't have any feelings, love or anything left!

You only know to hurt people that's what you love.

Hurting. You rip people apart.

What have I done wrong to you that I deserve this?

To be with you?

I have had enough of your nonsense.

Please leave. Go from here.

I can't handle this anymore.

Just go from my life forever! Just leave me.

Let me go!

Mr. Sharma!

This is Negi speaking.

There's bad news.

Your wife.. we've found her.

We've found her body.

We found it in the bushes, close to Ashish's home.

Same place where we found her car.

Hi.

I just wanted to check how you're feeling now.

You.. come in.

It's been few days since your wife's been missing?

Yes, it's been a few days.

Any news?

Didn't you talk to the police?

No.

But if you want I can talk to them.

I know them.

And anyway

I've been through this phase as well.

Which phase?

Just three years ago, even my wife went missing.

Then?

The police found her car in some mall's parking lot.

And her body was found a week later in the bushes close-by.

Was she murdered?

Yes.

Was the murderer caught?

Not yet.

How can someone do such a thing?

Sometimes some people

get so angry and frustrated by themselves

that they vent it on someone weaker than them.

I am sorry.

Do you feel responsible at all for your wife's disappearance?

Why?

People often blame themselves

for these incidence which they have no control over.

Maybe that's why I can't sleep?

Yes, maybe.

Doctor, can you please give me something?

There are other ways to help you.

Like a shoulder to cry on?

Would you like me to talk to the inspector?

Maybe he has some news.

He called me last night.

They've found Roshni's body.

Oh no!

At same place in the bushes

where her car was found.

I am so sorry, I didn't know.

Excuse me!

I had no idea I'll be so alone.

Didn't they call after last night?

Let me talk to the inspector.

Maybe he has some information.

Hello, Inspector Negi!

This is Dr. Abhay Kumar speaking.

Yes, I'm here at Mr. Saurabh Sharma's residence.

Yes, he was hoping some information about his wife.

What?

Yes but he said you called him late last night.

To tell him that his wife's body has been found

In the bushes where her car was found.

Oh!

I see.

Well, I did give him some medicines last night.

Yes, maybe.

Fine, I'll tell him. Okay.

What happened?

He never called you.

He asked you to wait.

He's coming over to see you. - No, he did call.

Maybe you were sleeping

and dreamt about the phone call?

Look.. This is still better.

Isn't it?

I mean there's still a chance.

Your wife may still be..

There's still hope. - Hope?

Why are they coming here?

To ask you a few questions.

What questions?

I don't know.

They could've asked their questions over the phone.

Relax, Mr. Sharma.

And why did you turned back around while talking to him?

What did you tell him?

That you're very tired, very anxious

and you seem to be under a lot of stress. - Liar!

You're lying to me.

Why would I lie to you?

It's a lie.

Why do you think I am lying?

Because you're scared.

I can see that.

Look, I can understand your situation.

You're not understanding anything, doctor!

I wanted to help you. - Then help me.

Give me some pills.

I helped you all I could.

I can't help you anymore.

Will you come back again to see me?

I don't think I will.

Sakshi!

I wanted to say sorry.

It was all my fault.

I shouldn't have left like that. I don't know what happened.

I understand.

I really wanted you to like me.

And I'll still keep your poem on my wall.

I think it's a beautiful poem.

Are you still there?

Sakshi!

Would you like to hear a poem?

'I was sitting around'

'counting the threshold of the bonds of the heart.'

Some that slipped through my hands'

'and some that are about to.'

'Those we've lost has become stories now.'

'And we spend our time, narrating and hearing them.'

'But those which we're about to lose'

'right now, they are like'

'when your kite gets nicked'

'and some other kid gets hold of your thread.'

'He stands at the other end and waits.'

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