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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.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8R7ol0Nssd
Gordan says, "I thought you meant the other restaurant where we celebrated our first anniversary."328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAYBYe1724
Jessica doesn't say anything.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDK9TfaVgp3
Gordan says, "I'm so sorry, darling. I know I am too late for dinner but I couldn't keep track of time."328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRM1aWKAED
Jessica quietly takes a sip from her coffee.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEiP5a5Yg3
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."328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W6vIbm3HN
Jessica looks around for the waiter.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo8AY8XsSb
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."328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4QzKBdWtz
Jessica turns back. She glances across the table, then looks down.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTn614VXBo
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."328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnnFuXQIOO
Gordan loses himself in his thoughts. The waiter drops off the cheque on the table. Jessica grabs it before Gordan and quickly signs it.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb0zd2iRuX
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.” 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaD8493C69
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.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxL2MLFcti
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.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2wuRD5HpW
Gordon whispers, “Jessica, I missed you,”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M2FDywB9o
Jessica whispers,“ Why Gordan? What did I do? What made you so sad? Why did you leave me?”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuijgAqwPW
Gordon replies softly, “I didn't leave you.” 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCCPlREMRs
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. 328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVI23GeNBa
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.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFNikWN8is
"All this time I was dead?'' Gordon whispers.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3bLug13db
"That's why everyone ignored me because no one could see or hear me," Gordan whispers.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKacDHSdd9J
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.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgHPdQYJd4
