Farhan - What is your salary?
Tara - 20,000 a month.
Farhan - I'll give you 50,000.
Ayaan - Then my school fees will be paid.
Tara - You keep quiet.
Farhan - How much are your school fees?
Ayaan - 15,000. I gave you 5,000 last month, I still have 10,000 left.
Farhan takes out his checkbook from his pocket and writes out a check for 25,000.
Tara - I don't want this.
Farhan - It's not a compliment, it's an advance on your salary.
Tara - Advance?
Farhan - Aunty, please bring me some sweets.
Sana - Yes, son, I'll bring it right away. Samir ji, please help me.
Samir - Yes. Sana and Samir go to the kitchen.
Farhan goes to Tara and says.
Farhan - Keep your face straight and smile a little.
Tara - Why are you smiling? For this coercive job?
Farhan - Don't talk too much, Your brother is sitting right here, should I take out my gun and shoot him?
Tara - No, please don't do all this.
Sana and Samir bring sweets, Farhan feeds sweets to Tara.
Farhan - I'm leaving now, we have to go quite far.
Sana - It's getting late, where are you going?
Farhan - I'm going to the hotel.
Sana - How far is your hotel?
Farhan - It's 2 hours away.
Tara starts thinking, the hotel is 30 minutes away, and why is he lying? He must have had some thoughts.
Sana - So, son, you should leave tomorrow morning. Wait, it's getting late.
Samir - Yes, wait.
Farhan - No, you're not bothered, I'll go.
Sana - We won't have any problem, you can sleep in Ayan's room, the room next to Tara's room is Ayan's.
Farhan - It's okay aunty, since you're saying so much, I'll stay. Saying this, Farhan started smiling mischievously.
Tara got scared seeing his smile.
Tara - Mummy, I'm going to sleep now.
Sana - Eat your food and then go to sleep.
Tara - Mummy, I'm not hungry.
Tara went to her room.
Sana - Farhan, sit down, I'll give you food.
Farhan - No aunty, I've already eaten.
Sana - Okay, go Ayaan, take Farhan to your room.
Ayaan - Yes, Mummy. Ayaan takes Farhan to his room, he tells Farhan to sleep on the bed, and I will sleep on the sofa.
Farhan - How can you sleep on the sofa?
Ayaan - What should I do brother, Mummy told me to sleep on the sofa, I don't like sleeping on the sofa, I can't sleep.
Farhan - Let's do one thing, you sleep comfortably on the bed, I will sleep on the sofa.
Ayaan - Really?
Farhan - Yes, go, you sleep on the bed, I will sleep on the sofa.
Ayaan - No, if Mummy finds out, she'll get angry.
Farhan - No, she won't, we won't let her find out.
Ayaan - Okay then, good night brother.
Farhan - Good night.
Ayaan falls asleep shortly, and Farhan leaves his room.
Farhan knocks on Tara's room door.
Tara hears the door knock and opens it.
Farhan appears before Tara.
Before Tara can do anything, Farhan enters the room and closes the door.
Tara - Why are you here? Please go away, someone will see you.
Farhan - I come here to sleep, but no one saw me, everyone is sleeping.
Tara - Please, you can't sleep here, go to Ayan's room and sleep.
Farhan - No, I won't.
Tara - Okay, I'll go to Ayan's room and sleep, you can sleep here.
Tara started to leave the room.
Farhan - Wait, I came here for you and you're leaving.
Tara - We can't sleep in one room, so please go.
Farhan sat down on the sofa.
Farhan - That's fine, anyway, how can I sleep if you're right there in front of me...
Tara - What do you mean?
Farhan - You go to sleep, I'll stay on the sofa.
Tara - Will you stay on the sofa all night?
Farhan - Yes.
Tara - That's not possible, you go.
Farhan - Look, I don't trust you, what if you run away from here.
Tara - Where am I going from here?
Farhan - I don't know where you might run.
Tara - No, you should run away.
Farhan - I won't, you should go to sleep.
Tara shouting - How will you sleep if you keep sitting like a ghost and staring at me?
Farhan - Go to sleep quietly, or I'll take you away from here right now.
Tara - No, please.
Farhan - Go to sleep.
Tara crying - I won't run away. You can lock the room from outside if you want, but please go away.
Farhan - You go to sleep, I'll leave.
Tara falls asleep on the bed and closes her eyes.
Farhan sits on the sofa and watches her all night.
The next morning...
Tara opens her eyes.
Farhan isn't on the couch.
She looks around.
Farhan is nowhere to be seen in the entire room.
She goes to Ayan's room.
Ayan is asleep there, and Farhan is standing wearing a towel.
Tara closes her eyes.
Farhan - You're getting up now. Get ready, we have to leave.
Tara - You go alone, please. I don't want to come.
Farhan angrily - Your brother is sleeping here. Do you want me to do something to him?
Tara cries. - No, please, no.
Farhan - Go get ready and come back.
Tara lowers her gaze.
Farhan - Wear a black dress.
Tara - I only have white dresses.
Farhan - What? Only white dresses?
Tara - I don't like any other color.
Farhan - That's fine, wear the best white dress.
Tara - Why?
Farhan - Don't ask too many questions, just do what I said quietly.
Tara - Yes.
Farhan - Go packing.
Tara - Yes.
Tara goes to her room, gets ready, and packs her bag.
Tara was wearing a beautiful white dress and, as always, white bangles and white earrings.
Tara came forward and said, "You loved dressing up, didn't you?"
White was your favorite color.
Every day, wearing a white dress,
you considered yourself a free bird.
Today, that same color feels like a shroud.
Every day, getting dressed up, you soared into the sky. Where are you going today? In Farhan's cage.
The bag is packed, now all that's left is to pack your breath.
Tara starts applying lipstick, her hands shaking.
Why am I so dressed up? Which prisoners get dressed?
Yes, they get dressed...when their last wish is asked before they get dressed.
No one asked my last wish.
My last wish would have been to not go into Farhan's captivity.
Tara took a deep breath and composed herself.
As soon as she opened the door,
Farhan was standing in front of her.
Farhan's eyes stopped pounding at the sight of Tara.
He took a step forward.
Farhan - You're ready, I've been waiting for you for so long. If you had known, I wouldn't have been able to wait for you.
Tara grips the handle of her bag tightly.
Tara lowers her gaze - yes...yes...the bag is packed.
Farhan touches Tara's bangles - beautiful...you look very cute, as always.
Tara starts to shiver.
Farhan - raise your gaze.
Tara looks at him.
Farhan - Why do you lower your gaze? Are you afraid of me?
Tara, fearfully, - no...no, that's all.
Farhan laughs - Lie...your eyes say it all. Should you even be afraid? If you go away from me, I will burn the world for you, just to get you.
Tara takes a step back - Yes, I am.
Farhan holds her hand - Come on, the car is waiting, our house is waiting, you won't have any trouble there, I won't ever cry.
Tara cries - No one is happy in captivity.
Farhan - You will not be in my captivity, you will be in my protection.
Farhan wipes Tara's tears with his hand and then kisses his hand.
Farhan - Come on, let's go now, it's getting late.
Farhan takes the bag from Tara's hand and goes downstairs.
Tara follows him.
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