written by

Sajeev

Boston, MA
ijotproductions@hotmail.com

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Whimper in the dark of night. Silhouette of a man pulling his
roll-on suitcase leaves the bedroom. Sobs coming from the
side of the bed is that of a woman sprawled on the floor.
Bang! the sound of the front door closing startles her, but
gives her courage to slowly rise-up from the floor. She is
NANDINI (34), wife of RAJESH (36), has two young children
MANOJ(9) and DIVYA (6). She cautiously moves through the
darkness out of the bedroom, across the living room, and
looks out of the bay window. Is he gone? She runs to pick up
the phone on the kitchen wall.

INT. PICKUP TRUCK CAB - LATE NIGHT

Driving through the mountain roads in a pickup truck on a
rainy night. Nandini has done this trip before, but not in
these conditions. Manoj is asleep sitting next to his mommy,
leaning on a pillow put in place between them. He is holding
onto Divya who is asleep on the bench seat, with her head on
a pillow on Manoj's lap. Divya is staring into the glow of
the light from the headlights lighting up the road ahead of
her pickup truck.
Her face is visible from the windshield, by the glow of the
light reflected from the pouring rain outside. She has a
bruised face. A bandage stuck on the side of eyes is probably
from the final hit she got on her face. She has a bandage
wrapped on the elbow from the cut she got when she was thrown
against the steel trunk holding woolens in their bedroom.
Flashback Title: Few hours ago...

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INT. ER - NIGHT

Busy as usual with all kinds of emergency cases, the doctors

are short, and the nurses are trying hard to keep calm under
pressure. At the nurses desk, a Reverend Fr. JOSEPH (70), in
a white cloak looking dignified with a black round hat on his
head, is anxiously trying to find out about Nandini.

FR. JOSEPH
Nurse, could you please help me fin
Nandini, a mother of 2, brought in
from a domestic violence case.
NURSE
(Trying to be respectful
to Fr. Joseph)
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NURSE (CONTD)
Please wait in the waiting area. We
will call you soon.

A hand reaches out to tap Fr. Joseph's shoulder. It was

Senior Nurse Ammini. She acknowledges the nurse at the desk.

NURSE AMMINI
an .

FR. JOSEPH
, ? !
?

Nurse Ammini walks ahead through a crowded hallway. Fr.

Joseph tries to keep up with her.

NURSE AMMINI
.
.

FR. JOSEPH

. .
.
. .
?

NURSE AMMINI
.
They arrive at the entrance of a private room. Seems like
many people in the hospital knows her. She was a popular
nurse at that same hospital until a week ago.

They all make way as Nurse Ammini leads Fr. Joseph to the bed
side. We see Nandini sitting up on the bed. She looks quite
distraught. A nurse is wrapping her elbow with a bandage and
gauge. Fr. Joseph steps up with concern and holds her hand.

FR. JOSEPH
. . .
.
.
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FR. JOSEPH (CONTD)

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NANDINI
! ,
.
FR. JOSEPH
(With urgency)
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