Part 2

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INT. FLAT 4C-NOON

Lakshmi bids him goodbye, closes the door and walks into the kitchen as we


CUT TO:INT. FLAT 4C KITCHEN-NOON


There are a stove and a small gas burner next to it. The kitchen is barren except for an old tin pot and a cup.Lakshmi walks into the living room and sits on the chair. She looks out of the window, contemplating how to while away the time. She notices that the guard is standing in the same position since morning. He suddenly turns his head and looks up at her.


Lakshmi finds it weird and moves out of view and we


CUT TO:INT.BEDROOM-NOON


She goes towards her bedroom and continues unpacking stuff out of her suitcase. As she places the bedsheets on the cot, she sees the same toy-like object as before, lying under the bed again. A slight breeze wafts in through the window. She gets up and closes the window, and keeps the object on the bed again. She looks at the object closely for some more time.Shaking her head, she gets up and pulling on a jacket, goes out of the flat, presumably to buy a few things as we


CUT TO: EXT. APARTMENT GATE VIEW FROM FLAT 4C-NOON


The camera catches her walk out of the gate from the same living room window angle from where she had been watching the guard earlier. Lakshmi is seen exiting the gate, and walking down the road as we


CUT TO:EXT. FLAT 4C-LATE NOON


An hour later..Lakshmi returns to her flat and fishes out the keys from her bag. As she looks down to open the lock, her eye meets a bag placed near the dor.It's a courier delivery. It has Future Past Courier written over it. The courier is addressed to her.


LAKSHMI (to herself) 

What is this?

She looks towards 4A, but the door is closed. She opens the lock to her flat as we


CUT TO:INT. FLAT 4C-LATE NOONLakshmi enters, and closing the door behind her, keeps the grocery bag on the floor.She turns the package over, and confused that it's addressed to her, opens it.Inside is a gift wrapped box. Her hands are shown fiddling, as she tries to rip open the package.


She opens the package and inside is a bright yellow frock, fit to the size of a girl in her pre-teens. Lakshmi looks up confused, and casually glances out of the window. Her gaze falls on the guard. He is standing in the same pose, but facing the road. 

Lakshmi gets up and we

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INT. FLAT 4C BEDROOM AND LIVING ROOM-LATE NOON


Dark bg theme plays as Lakshmi goes into the bedroom, picks her mobile phone and tries to contact Sreehari on the phone. His phone is out of range.She messages him.


MESSAGE 

THE WATCHMAN IS FREAKING ME OUT

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