Not Today Page #6

Thanks.

Yeah, actually.

I need to speak

to the manager or owner.

So what can I

do for you?

Actually, I'm looking

for a little girl...

...and I was told that the owner

would be able to help me.

Look, I'm looking

for a very specific girl.

Have you seen her?

Maybe yes.

How about now?

This is not the right

time and Place for this.

You should follow me.

Can I have my wallet back?

Thanks.

Look, I can pay you

whatever you want...

...if you have this girl.

I can get you to her.

How much do you have

for fair Price?

You tell me.

I would want

10 lakh rupees.

That means

one million rupees.

Yeah.

Wait, that's,

like, over $20,000.

If you don't want her,

that's okay with me.

No, I do.

I...

I do, it's just...

If I Pay you,

I need that girl.

Okay? Not one like her.

Her.

Yes, she can be found.

But not by you.

I can get the money.

I need a few hours.

But not so long because I have

other customers as well, you see.

Please answer.

Dad. Dad. Dad.

Hey, no, it's me.

No, no,

you're breaking up really bad.

Hello? Hello?

Dad, yeah, listen.

Yes, I'm in India still.

Dad, I need

your help, okay?

I need a lot of money

and I need it really fast.

What? What?

Dad! Dad!

Please.

What am I

supposed to do now?

I need your help

right now.

Show me,

Please, God.

Please, God.

I need your help.

I need...

I need your help right now.

Right now, right now.

Right now.

Please, Please.

Right now.

Mom. Mom!

No, it's Luke.

- Is Mom there?

- Nope.

God Put it on my heart to call you

to tell you that we're...

We're Praying for you, son.

Thanks, Luke.

You doing okay?

No.

No, I'm not doing okay.

- I need a lot of money and I need it now.

- How much?

$20,000.

And I can't get

ahold of my dad.

Can I ask what for?

To buy a little girl back for her father,

if she's even still alive.

Okay, Luke,

this is bad.

Not, like, at home bad.

This is literally

life or death bad.

I know this is

not what you want to hear...

...but if you buy her back,

you'll hurt other little kids.

There's a reason why

we don't buy hostages back.

I'm guessing you went

to the Police already?

Kiran said that they wouldn't care.

Or worse, we'd have to Pay them, too.

- Kiran?

- The little girl's father.

Can your mother and I make some calls?

Where are you, son?

Luke, I don't

know where I am.

I'm somewhere

in Mumbai.

I met with this girl

at a restaurant.

She's here. The little girl's here.

It's all lined up. Luke, I need the money.

If we don't find her now,

we may never be able to.

I didn't say

I wouldn't send the money...

...but I do believe that God

will make a better way, Caden.

I need to tell you,

I am so Proud of what you're doing.

I can't imagine in my wildest dreams

what's happening there, but I believe...

...God will make a way

that won't hurt kids. I know that.

God's not

making a way, Luke.

If he is, I'm really stupid

or just Plain blind.

No, you are not stupid,

you're scared.

Who wouldn't be scared?

Now, where should

I wire the money?

Luke, come on.

I know you don't have

that kind of money just laying around.

You're right, I don't.

Where can I get it to you?

I'll get it to you as fast as I can.

It might take an hour, it might take two.

But in the meantime,

can I ask you...

...to Please think hard and Pray about this

before you do anything?

No. Okay, just...

...Please wire the money?

Send it to a Western Union

near the Taj Hotel.

I think that's where I'm at.

I'm sorry, that's all the information

I have, so I hope it's enough.

Okay,

Western Union.

Caden, you hang

in there, son.

I'm gonna get

that money to...

Dear God.

Please.

No!

Sir, what happened?

Sir?

Where's Annika?

Where are the girls?

They go.

What do you mean,

"they go"?

Where did they go?

Sir, I went to get food,

you no come back,

And I came,

they going.

I said, "Where to go?"

They said, "Back. "

They went.

Now we find Annika?

Sir, Please?

How is that Possible?

Why would you

let them do that?

Sir, these girl big.

They could have baby, husband.

They not listen to me.

Are you telling me

that they...

They choose

to live like that?

Sir.

Sir, if their father

Dalit...

...they tell the girl

they not good, they mistake.

Not worth nothing.

That is so jacked up.

Sir.

Hey, I thought

you changed your mind.

No.

No, no, no, I went

to go get the money.

It's here,

it's on its way.

We just have to go get it.

- Do you know him?

- Yes, yes, yes.

He's with me.

You know, his kind

is not fit for the city.

Oh, come on.

What does his kind matter?

You're about to make money off of me.

What does his kind

have to do with anything?

But he is not going

to come with us.

I need to take

another cab.

If anything happens to him,

the deal's off.

I'm here

to Pick up some money.

Can I have your ID?

Hey, where's my friend?

He is coming, no Problem.

Do you want the girl or not?

You want to waste

some more time?

Maybe she

already spoken for.

Come on, let's go.

Once we get in, you can Pick.

What? No, no.

That wasn't the deal. I told you

who I wanted. You said she was there.

Yes, I know.

I thought you changed

your mind like the others.

Come on, get out.

She's not in here.

Wait, wait,

I have more.

Please tell me

you have more.

Well, these are

my best girls.

You can Pick the one

which makes you happy.

No, no, no.

I've showed you.

I want this one

right here, you see?

Who said that?

- Where is she?

- Oh, that one?

She's not good.

She always ask for some dollies...

...some Puppet

or something.

- She's just worthless.

- Where is she?

I told you, you don't want that.

These are my best girls.

Never mind, okay?

I know she's in here.

I don't need your help.

Who said that?

I want her. That's the one.

I have the money. I'll Pay.

She's not my best.

That's the one

I came for.

You know what?

No money will ever fix what you're doing

to these little girls.

So I'm taking her, okay?

And I Promise,

I will be back to get the rest.

Come here.

Get off!

Hey, get off!

Annika!

Annika!

Turns out,

when Luke said he and Mom...

...would make some calls,

he meant it.

Not For Sale.

That was the first call they made.

NFS.

A set of initials that a few weeks ago

meant nothing to me.

But now they're names

and people I will never forget.

As I look at this little girl,

damaged by whatever happened...

...I didn't have

the guts to ask...

...but based on what

the NFS people said...

...it breaks my heart

to even imagine.

And her father,

trying to make it all better.

I know neither one of them

will ever be the same.

All I can think about

are the other kids...

...who are being kept

as slaves...

...away from home, away from

the people they love and who love them.

Now that's

what haunts me.

There is something

to that saying.

"I once was lost,

but now I'm found. "

It's true.

I feel it.

As for my prize

possessions...

I have to say,

it is nice to have my camera back.

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