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She sends the screenshot to her own number — a backup, a record — and sits on the edge of her bed with the wall vibrating from the train and understands that Pulkit's family has found her and they are watching.", "storyRecap": "BUT Meera takes a one-day job — girlfriend for a Bandra restaurant dinner, a nervous client named Karan whose mother is flying in from Delhi.", "activities": [ { "startTimeLabel": "12:00 AM", "endTimeLabel": "08:00 AM", "activityName": "Sleeping fitfully in her rented room with her phone beside the pillow", "activityNameShort": "Restless sleep off Saki Naka", "location": "rented room off Saki Naka", "availabilityLabel": "Sleeping", "outfitDescription": "champagne silk: sleeveless short silk sleep dress with a simple neckline, barefoot", "photos": [], "isCurrent": false }, { "startTimeLabel": "08:00 AM", "endTimeLabel": "09:00 AM", "activityName": "Showering and getting dressed while checking whether her mother has replied", "activityNameShort": "Yesterday's 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