MAYA IN GOA

PANI PURI & HARMONY ~ Episode 9

Morning light filters in.

Maya lifts the shutters.Opens the door.Then the windows.

The cafe breathes in the day.

Aman is already working steadily in the kitchen.

Maya places small vases on the tables.Adjusts one then another.

The door opens.

A man steps in.Pauses just inside.Takes in the space.

CONOR

Hello …this looks appealing .Somewhere I wasn’t planning to find.

MAYA

We’re open

CONOR

That’s good.I was hoping it wasn’t just for looking at.

MAYA

What can I get you ?

CONOR

Something you trust and a lager.

Maya hands him a menu

Conor sits with an Indian lager and looks at the menu.

He notices someone eating pani puri.

CONOR

What’s that then?

MAYA

Pani Puri

CONOR

Right…I’ll try one please

Maya takes the order to Aman.

CONOR

Is it spicy ?

Aman brings it over .

CONOR

So this is a one shot situation.

MAYA

Don’t wait.

He eats it.

CONOR

No one warned me it explodes.It’s like fire.

Maya laughs slightly, then turns away.

Vikram notices Maya’s reaction. Then returns to his work.

Early afternoon.

Anjali enters cafe.

Conor looks up.

CONOR

Two beauties…and another pani puri.

ANJALI

Was that an order?

CONOR

I’m trying to work it out

ANJALI

Let Maya know

Anjali moves toward the kitchen.

AUNTY

Hello sweetie

ANJALI

Ma,I need the keys to the house

Back in the bar area,Maya serves another beer to Conor.

CONOR

You have music here ?

MAYA

Sometimes.

CONOR

I play banjo

MAYA

What style

CONOR

Irish folk, sweetie

MAYA

We have music. Wednesdays .Six to nine.

CONOR

You let anyone play?

MAYA

Depends. If it fits.

CONOR

It’s a good room.

MAYA

It works.

Conor finishes his beer. He moves to the door.

CONOR

Wednesday, yeah?

MAYA

Six to Nine.

CONOR

I’ll be here.

He leaves.

Chairs shift .The cafe settles into the night.

Maya hears an Irish tune in her head.

This is Conor from Dublin,Ireland.

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