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It's a beautiful night with the moon and stars in the sky. Gordan, who looks to be in his thirties, is running on footpath and hurriedly enters a spacious, dimly-lit restaurant. He stops in the dining hall and searches the many candle-lit tables. He finds his wife, Jessica with whom he separated two years ago sitting alone at a corner table. The remains of her half-eaten dinner lay on the table. A small piece of cake with a candle in it sits untouched. Jessica stirs sugar in her coffee as Gordan sits in the seat across from her. She gently stops stirring, but doesn't look up.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2VArZRC3h
Gordan says, "I thought you meant the other restaurant where we celebrated our first anniversary."369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1egi7WXy2
Jessica doesn't say anything.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kQ0bLsmct
Gordan says, "I'm so sorry, darling. I know I am too late for dinner but I couldn't keep track of time."369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHHzfajF7k
Jessica quietly takes a sip from her coffee.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RyjSWj2aG
Gordan continues, "It isn't going well in the office. I was planning to arrive here yesterday but there was so much work to do and there was no one to help me."369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MURujsG3I
Jessica looks around for the waiter.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeemWHsiBo
Gordan continues, "Well, everyone hates me at work. No one talks to me. I have to do all the work myself. They didn't provide me with a desk. I have to work alone in a small store room where no one comes all day."369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqX7LeFSGT
Jessica turns back. She glances across the table, then looks down.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1FhhVAd8t
Gordan continues, "Nowadays office jobs are so difficult to do. There is so much ego and grudges hidden inside every person in the office. It breaks my heart. I am not this kind of person. I care about them all but they think that I am selfish and do all this just for my own benefit. I try talking to them and making our office relations good again but nobody listens to me, not even the boss. When I speak, they ignore me as if I am not there."369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWMn2qMpCu
Gordan loses himself in his thoughts. The waiter drops off the cheque on the table. Jessica grabs it before Gordan and quickly signs it.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz07G2lUT7n
Gordan says, "I know you're mad. It's just that office work is getting more day by day. I know that I came from another state after two years and we haven't talked since we separated but now I am here. We have a lot of time for talking. See, you didn't even tell me that we will be meeting here. I went home and saw it was locked so I guessed that you must be in the restaurant on the eve of our anniversary. Please say something to me.” 369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT55KjaAmc
Jessica waits till he's done and rises from the table. She pushes her chair in hard and walks away without a word. Gordan sits alone and stares at the piece of cake with a candle on it.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVXpD7jM9G
Gordon leaves the restaurant to find out that Jessica left in a taxi. He prefers walking and after sometime reaches outside a house, stares at the house for some time and then enters the house. Gordan enters a room and sees that Jessica is lying on bed.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyswE16eYz6
Gordon whispers, “Jessica, I missed you,”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWaOVxxkox
Jessica whispers,“ Why Gordan? What did I do? What made you so sad? Why did you leave me?”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO46j3KRd7F
Gordon replies softly, “I didn't leave you.” 369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PxBaJyieL
Jessica becomes silent and falls into deep sleep. Her arm slides down and something falls on the ground. Gordan gazes curiously at a wedding photo of him and Jessica. He comes near Jessica and picks up the photo and smiles. Then only his eyes glance over an old newspaper cutting lying on the side table which shows a headline, “A Bus Accident Kills 10 Passengers”. Beneath the headlines is the list of names of dead passengers. Confusion washes over Gordon’s face as he sees his name in the list. Gordon is completely lost. He takes a couple steps back and looks around in confusion. His eyes come to rest on a table. He looks in disbelief at the flower bouquets and “Rest In Peace” cards lying on a table in front of his photo. Gordon doesn't know what the hell's going on. His eyes are drawn to the wedding album. Gordon watches pictures of him and Jessica in the album. He looks at Jessica's face and becomes very still. 369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZg1ikj3h85
Flashback: Gordon and Jessica were a happy couple but conflicts started arising between them due to Gordan's busy office schedule. The conflict rises to such a point that both of them decide to separate. That night, Gordan gets a call from the office asking him to shift to another state as he gets transferred. Gordon takes all his luggage, sees Jessica, who's sitting on the sofa in a bad mood for the last time and leaves home. He takes a bus to travel to another state but on the way the bus meets with an accident on route killing all the passengers including him.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8imYre1S8
"All this time I was dead?'' Gordon whispers.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Nkx6ED3lf
"That's why everyone ignored me because no one could see or hear me," Gordan whispers.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ge16aoozy
His eyes are drawn to the wedding album. Gordon watches pictures of him and Jessica in the album. He then looks at Jessica's face, "She looks the same, beautiful and cute while sleeping." His eyes fill with a storm of emotions. He comes closer to Jessica and kisses her on forehead and leaves.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDw3Qe3oVK
