Zero Bridge Page #3

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- Do your parents know?

No.

Does your brother still own that

""bookstore""?

What ""bookstore""?

What do you need?

- l have a ""book"" to sell.

- What kind?

- lt's a travel book.

What's your address?

B.M. Cotton Textiles, Srinagar.

How much will this cost me?

Hold on.

lt will cost you 2000 rupees.

- 2000?

- Yes.

Any discounts?

l gave you one already.

2000 is a good price.

- Your last offer?

- Yes...it will arrive in a week.

- One week?

- Yes.

Go prepare the rice,

it's getting late.

Now you try. Hold the trowel,

go across the bricks.

- Straight away?

- Turn it around.

Put it here.

Here, do it.

No, this way...do it like that.

Look, don't just fling the cement.

Bring that rope here.

Lift it up...Up!...

Bring it here.

Ali, don't let that idiot,

do it yourself.

l already said more cement!

How many damn times must

l show you?

Work faster!

Hey Zahoor! How are you doing?

Good?

See the condition of the houseboats

since you vanished?

lf you want to work here again, l expect

a real commitment. Got it?

- Yeah, fine.

- Just listen for once.

Stop acting like such an a**hole!

Start cleaning this one.

""Uncle, cabbage costs

twenty rupees less!""

""Uhh...l'm not good at addition!""

""Doesn't Meena go to school everyday?""

""She does. Her self- esteem is good

because her marks are good!""

No more excuses,

it's overdue!

Look, l'm running a business here.

What, a**hole?!

Drink up.

We'll be late for work.

But it's early.

We have to make a phone call.

- Hi, how are you?

- Fine, you?

We need to use your phone.

Get in.

lt's ringing.

Hello, sir?

Hello, How are you?

You all right? Fine?

l'm fine...yes, sir...fine.

Definitely, sir.

We poured the slab yesterday.

But the weather's been bad,

it's caused problems.

lt's not ready yet.

The other masons want their money

before finishing the tile work.

Courier the payment

contracts over right away.

How's Rehanna doing?

She's fine?

Ask her to give him the

courier address.

Yeah, great...

l'm doing really, really great.

l go to school, yes.

Yes, it's very good.

What's the address?

Yeah, l wrote it down.

Give me the phone.

- Everything is fine here.

- Give it to me.

Okay then...right, yes.

Give it!

Hello?...How are you, sir? Fine?

Yes, sir...l have to drop him off

at school now.

Right, right...Okay, goodbye.

- Nobody's here?

- The girl is restarting the power.

On the Srinagar

highway yesterday...

Pompore militants lobbed a grenade...

...killing one woman and wounding 55

people, including one policeman...

Rescue workers say injuries

are serious...

...but the grenade was meant for a

security convoy...

...but it blew up on the road.

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