Part 1
It's 6am and you hear the alarm ring.
"Good morning to all you beautiful people out there, aaj ki subha aap sabh ki naam. Tho phir hume phone kariye aur bataye ki aaj subha hum ap ki kya kidmat karsekthe he. App soch kar bathaye ga, in the meantime, here's a song for all you beautiful people getting ready to go to work". With that she played 'Ajab se" from Om Shant Om.
Listening to her voice always made him smile first thing in the morning. Life couldn't be better; he was helping people, doing what he loved and still enjoying life. There was something about that sexy yet innocent voice which made him feel good.
The sun trickled in through the gaps of the blind, lighting up his room. He slowly opens his eyes and smiles to himself. Looking around the room you see his clothes lying around the room, trousers lying on top of the sofa in his room, his shirt hanging off the chair next to his desk. He stretched his arms out and took in a deep breath and out with a sigh.
"Armaan" he jumped at the sound of his name, he could hear foot steps coming up the stairs.
"tu mara beta Armaan". Armaan jumped out of bed in his pyjama bottom's (no top),
"mummy ne kya kahta tuje kaal raath ko, room saaf karne, who subha inspection legi, toh tu soh kaise gya", he was swearing at himself while running around his room picking up clothes and shoving them under his bed, throwing books into his wardrobe and shutting the door. He quickly jumped back into bed just in time. The door opens and in walks Muskaan.
Meet Muskaan (aka Masti, you'll find out why she has such a strange pet name), Armaans' little sister. She may be younger then Armaan by 4 years, but they act/fight like they were the same age.
Seeing Armaan in bed with his covers over his face, Masti couldn't help but be true to her name and have some fun with Armaan.
M: "Beta thum abhi tak uthe nahi" putting on her mothers voice and trying to hold back her giggle, "aur yeh kyah meine tumhse kyah kaha ta khal raath ko, apni kamre ke safaya karni ki, to yeh kyah hain, bed ke niche tumhare joothe ke vaja, kapre aur table per kithab ki vaja joothe" she said sounding angry.
Armaan hit himself on the head under the covers, "yeh kya kiya beta, table par joothe?" he muttered to himself.
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Part 2
Then he remembered that he doesn't wear shoe's in his room, because it would ruin his cream soft carpet.
A: "Masti!" he threw the covers off his face and threw the pillow at her.
Masti ran out of the room laughing, Armaan chasing her down the stairs, he shouted "Masti ki bachi, aaj mein tuje nehi chorungi".
He chased her around the living room then into the kitchen where his mum was making breakfast.
Mummy: "Armaan, yeh kya subha subha yeh sabh kya hora hai? Yeh sabh muje bilkul pasand nahi." She looked and saw Armaan with only his pyjama bottoms on, "Aur tum kaphre pehn kar nahi aa sakhte kya" she said angrily looking Armaan up and down.
A: "Sorry mummy" He said hugging from behind, "I'm really sorry".
That was all it took, his mother's anger was gone. Motherly love eh.
Armaan went back to his room to get dressed. When Armaan was finally done getting ready he came down to breakfast.
M: "Bhai, aaj aap jaldi ready ho gaye" she looking at their mum. Masti new very well that their mum didn't like late comers to breakfast. Armaan showed his hands strangling her, then saw his mother and quickly put them down.
Mummy: "apni kaamra saaf kiya" she asked not looking up from her paper.
A: "Ji mummy" He could sense she wasn't happy, but this happens every morning. Mummy gets upset 1st thing in the morning, then Armaan kisses her a good day and leave and her angers gone.
Masti finished her breakfast and got up from her seat "Bhai, mujhe aaj college janha hain, agli saal nahi. Aap ka breakfast agar khatam ho gaye tho hum chale"
Mummy had left the kitchen by now.
Armaan looked around to check his mum was out of ear range, "College ki bachi, aaj chalo, tume toh aaj mein us school ki statue's ke saath mein baandh kar aungi. Mujhe panga"
Masti's laughing at this remark
A: "haan hasslo. Yeh to tumhari zindagi ki aakhri hassi hain, hasslo hasslo"
Masti continue to laugh seeing Armaan getting so annoyed.
A: "Ab hassi khatam bhi karo, college bhi to jaane hain" he said the last part imitating Masti.
Masti hated being imitated and Armaan knew this very well.
M: "Mummy" she shouted "Mummy, dekho naa, Armaan Bhaiya meire saath laar rahe hai"
Masti picks up her school bag and goes to the hall, Armaan follows with his car keys and bag. They both start complaining to their mum about each other. Mum puts her hands up and turns towards Armaan...
Mummy: "Armaan, Masti bachi hain, tum toh baro ho, to phir yeh saab..."
A: "Sorry mummy" he said with head down but eyes looking up. He turned to Masti, "Chale miss 'Bachi'"
Mummy: "Armaan"
Armaan laughed, "Sorry, okay bye mummy", he said as he kissed her on the cheek and left the house.
Armaan dropped Masti of to school and was on his way to work when he received a phone call from an unknown number.
A: "Hello?"
Caller: "Hello"
Armaan knew this voice, it was so familiar, but who was it ...
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Part 3
A: "Hello?"
Caller: "Hello, kya main Muskaan se bhaat kar sakhti hu"
Muskaan khon hai Armaan thought to himself.
A: "Aap koi galath famy hui hai, yeh mera phone hai, koi Muskaan khi nahi"
Caller: "Sorry, khya yeh # number hai" she asks saying out the number she has.
A: "Ji nahi who meri number nahi hain..., Muskaan..." He realizes that Masti's name is Muskaan and the number is Muskaans" He look at the phone and realizes he must have picked up his sisters' phone instead of his. They both had the same handset because Masti always wanted the same as Armaan.
A: "Oh, sorry aap Masti se bhaat karna chahti ti kya?"
Caller: "Sorry mein bhool gayi ti aap sabh usko Masti pukar te hai, who kya waha hain?"
A: "Ji nahi, who aab school mein hai, aap koh meine pehchana nahi, aap ki tariff?"
Caller: "Ji mein Sapna ki bari behen. Sapna aur Masti saath school jate hai"
A: "Oh, actually, aaj subhe accidently Masti shayid meri phone leli aur meine uski. Aap agar chahiye toh phir aap meri number par call karke use bhaat kar lije" with that he gave her his number.
The caller was Ridz, she thanks him and hangs up.
Ridz had just taken a break when she got a call from home saying Sapna wasn't well and could Ridz let the school know. The only number Ridz had on her was Masti's who she decided to call to get the number from.
Ridz hangs up the phone to the school and checks it time fro her to go back on air.
R: "Welcome back gorgeous people of Mumbai; that was our last song for the day and my last show with you all. Don't worry though I'm leaving you in the capable hands of Sanjay Sanj who will be here the same time same place. I'd just want say thank you all for being such wonderful listeners. So for the last time, this is RG signing out from the breakfast show, take care"
With that Ridz left. She had a new start ahead of her, no more Radio jockey, Ridz was finally off to fulfil her dreams and become a doctor. In the past few years things had come in the way of her doing this, Ridz' mum was determined to get Ridz married off and Ridz had done everything in her power to avoid getting married, including going on round the world trips with her friends, working abroad and only a few months ago she decided to come and complete her doctors study.
As every morning, Ridz had come to work dressed on her jogging outfit, this allowed her to jog home after work and relieve the stress of the day. Ridz was jogging when her phone rang for a second time that morning, it was her friend Anjali.
Armaan was in his car, driving back home from the college because he had forgotten some files. Armaan pulled up at the traffic lights and started turning the radio to catch hear her voice again to relax him, when he heard her voice. He stared at the radio, not quite sure what just happened,
A: "Mujhe kyah hora hain, ise abhi on bhi nahi ki aur uski awaz sunai deri hai? Pagal" he said lighting himself on the side of his head.
Then he heard her voice again, he looked around and all he could see was a girl standing slightly away on her phone with her back towards him.
He smiled,
A: "Armaan, tu bikhul pagaal ho geya hai, uski awaz ab sabh jaga sunai dera hai", he laughed and drove
Hearing someone laugh Ridz turned to see a very nice car driving away. "Ekh din mein bhi aisi hi car mein gumoon gi" she said and went home.
Ridz just got home when her mum (Padma) came into her room and started showing her all these pictures of prospective boys for her. Ridz lifted her nose at the pictures and said "Papa kaha hai, hospital chale gai? Mere beghar?"
P: "Ridhu, mein tumhe kyah kheri hu aur tum, apne Papa ki bareh main puch raheh ho. Ha who hospital kisi zaroori kaam se jaldhi nikhel gai, par to is larke koh dekhna" she said sticking a picture of a boy under her nose, "Yeh Armaan hai, doctor hai aur bohoth hi naik hai",
Ridz moved the picture with her hand without even looking at it or listening to her mum, "Ma, mein abhi doctor bana chahta hu aur uski bhaath shaadi ki bare mein sochunga, aap please aaj subha toh yeh saab mat kidje"
Ridz gets ready and leaves for the hospital.
HOSPITAL
Ridz walks upto the hospital and looks up at the sign, "Sanjeevani", she reads to herself, "mein aagayi".
Ridz walks into find her father (Shashank) waiting for her at the entrance, he hugs and welcomes her to the hospital
Sha: "Toh miss Dr Riddhima, aaj aap ki pehle din, aap ko kese lagri hai" he asks pointing the imaginary mike at Ridz. Ridz takes the mike
R: "Well Dr Gupta, aaj khi dhin meriliya sabse bari din hai, aur aap janti hai, meri papa ne mujhe aaj subhe bhaat kiye begher chaliya gaye. Ab aap khi hissaab se unonoh tikh kiya yah nahi" Ridz points the mike back at her dad.
Sha: "Sorry betha, who aaj subha bohot kaam ta hospital mein is liye jaldi aana para, sorry" he says holding his ears.
R: "Its okay dad (she smile at him), ab mein kaha jau?"
Sha: "oh ha, tum us locker room jau, apne bag sabh rakho aur phir who meeting room jau, waha tumhe tumhara senior Dr Armaan tumhe 9 baje milenge" he looked at his watch it was 8:454, "Jaldi jau warna late ho jaogi"
Ridz went to the locker room to find Anjali and two other interns there.
An: "Hey Ridz, tum kaha reh gaye, inse milo, she said pointing at the girl, yeh hai Sapna"
S: "Hi"
R: "Hi Sapna, meri behen khi bhi naam Sapna hai, what a coincidence, meh jaha bhi jahti hue k na ek Sapna muje mil ja thi hai" she said smiling at Sapna
The guy stepped up and said, "Hi, I'm Atul. mein bhi yaha naya intern hu"
R: "Hi"
At: "toh tum donho kaise mille" he said pointing at Ridz and Anjali,
R: "who mein kuch saal pehle travelling karehi thi jab Anjali mujhe mil gaye wohi tour group mein, tabh sai hum dost hai"
S: "Wow, travelling, akhele? Meri mummy toh mujhe yaha bhi akhele nahi aane dehti, meri saath wohi auto rickshaw wala bej thi hai"
They all continued making small talk on the way to the meeting room. When they entered the room they were so busy talking to each other they didn't realise there was someone sitting in the chair with their back to the interns...
Armaan was reading a few case notes waiting for his new interns, when he heard her voice again. He stopped reading and looked up, was he hearing things again, he thought to himself...
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Part 4
Armaan turned around to see his new group of interns, all to busy to notice him there.
Armaan stood up and cleared his voice, Sapna was the 1st one to notice and stopped talking, everyone stopped talking apart from Ridz who had her back towards Armaan, she was really getting into the mood of things, talking away like she would on the radio. Sapna pulled Ridz sleeve and hinted towards Armaan. Ridz turned around and stopped in mid sentence with her mouth slilghtly open.
She had never seen anything as like it in her life. He was standing there looking like a greek god. Those gorgeous grey eyes, that cute little beauty spot on his left cheek, that god like body (too bad its covered with clothes, she was thinking to herself). Ridz was in a world of her own, when he spoke to her...
Armaan had walked upto Ridz by now and waved his hand her face, "Hello" he said trying to see if there's any sign if life in her.
Ridz shook her head and came back to reality, "Sorry, uh sir"
A: "Aap logho ki badh katham ho gaye" he said moving back slightly so he could see all the interns. "Yeh kya chalra he yaha, aap lok yaha Dr's bane aye hai ya phir yeh aap sabh kiliye koi field trip jaha aap apne friends ke saath gaaphe larra ne aya hai?" he said addressing everyone.
All: "Sorry Sir..."
A: "Dr, Dr Armaan. Aap sabh is saal meri interns hoge, aur mein joh cases aap logo ko dete hu, un saab khi reporting mujhe subha subha chahye. Clear? Any problems Dr?" He said looking at Anjali, who was looking a little annoyed at the fact that she would have to work under such a young Dr, she wanted the best and this guy didn't seem like he was much older then themselves so couldn't possibly have enough experience to be taking charge of them.
An: "No Dr Armaan, Koi problems nahi hai"
A: "Tik hai, toh phir aaj khi aaj khi programme hai 10 baje aap main hall me milenge, senior Dr's se aap sabh ki introduction hogi, phir 11:30 baje aap koh apki pehle group case diya jayega. Aap sabh ab canteen mein wait karsakte hai". With that he gathered his papers and left the room.
At: "Wah kya Dr hai, pehle din mein hum sabh ko canteen mein wait karne kiliye bhol raha hai, arre Dr bana kitna ehsaan, hai, kaam par jao, canteen mein wait karo phir ghar jau. Brilliant"
Sa: "Nahi Atul, mujhe darr lagh raha hai, pehle hi din mein hum sabh ko case derahe, aur sabh cases ki report har subha chata hai. Yeh toh hume bohot kaam karwaega".
An: "Don't worry Sapna, yeh Dr naya naya banha hai, tumne dekha nahi who kitna young lagraha tha, like uski abhi Internship khatam hua hai, woh hume kya sikaenge".
While all this was going on Ridz was in a dream of her own, she was remembering the way his eyes looked, how his mouth moved when he spoke, how his clothes moved over his arms as he walked/moved.
An: "Ridz, Ridz"
Ridz snapped out of it, "Huh? Who kaha gaya?"
An: "Kaun?"
R: "Who..., erm, koi nahi" she said blushing slightly and remembering she was talking to biggest blabber mouth she new (after herself)
An: "Toh chale?"
R: "Kaha?"
An: "Canteen!" she said as she dragged Ridz out of there with both arms wrapped Ridz' arm.
Armaan was on the terrace thinking about the events of the morning, "Uski awaaz mujhe haar jaga kew sunai derah hai", he asked himself. "Pehle to kabhi aisa nahi huwa, tor phir aaj ajanak, kuew?". Armaan was lost in his thoughts when his pager went off. He looked at it still lost in his thoughts. It was Shubankar asking his where he was, its time for the meeting.
"Oh crap, I'm late" Armaan said to himself as he ran down the stairs to go to the assemble hall.
Ridz was walking down the corridor (with Armaan finally out of her mind), happy she finally had the chance to fulfil her dreams, when out of nowehere BANG... She was falling. She closed her eyes anticipating the pain that was bound to coming next... when it didn't she opened her eyes...
In his rush Armaan had accidently knocked Ridz over, she just happened to come in front of the stairs as he was about to jump down. It was all in slow motion, first he saw the stairways was empty, he jumped and out of nowhere Ridz came in front of him, he couldn't stop, then bang, he had hit her, her hair flew up and he saw he falling, falling, just as she was about to hit the floor he caught her. She had her eyes closed, her hair was in her face and he could see the fear and anticipation of the pain in her face.
"wow" he thought to himself, he had never seen anything as sweet and sexy in his life as he did in that split second. Her face was like an angel's face, so innocent and beautiful as the same time.
Ridz opened her eyes and saw these gorgeous grey eyes looking at her, with concern and there was something else, she couldn't put her finger on. She now saw that Armaan facial features were a lot sexier then she had first thought. "Sorry" he said, with a really sexy and gentle voice that it made her smile. "It's not a dream" she thought to herself.
Armaan collected himself as he helped her up, he didn't want to let her out of his arms. He felt something when he caught her, it was like something inside of him had suddenly awoken and he could feel goosebumps as he held her. He could smell her perfume and it engulfed and took control of all his senses for a moment.
Armaan helped Ridz up and apologised. She was just staring at him smiling.
A: "Er, I'm really sorry, meine aap koh dekha nahi. Lagi toh nahi?" he asked with genuine concern in his face.
R: "Ji nahi" (smiling)
A: "Meine aap logo se aap ki naam nahi puche subha, aap kah naam?"
R: "Riddhima" (still smiling)
They walked to hall without saying another word to each other. There was an awkward silence as they walked, they were so lost in their thoughts, that making small talk didn't occur to them. "uski awaaz aur iski awaaz bilkul milti hai, par... iski naam to Riddhima hain, aur uski (he thought recollecting the voice on the radio and smiling to himself) naam to RG hai", he looked over at Ridz who was still smiling to herself as the senior doctors carried out the morning presentation. Armaan couldn't understand what was happening, why was he hearing RG's voice when ever Riddhima spoke, nothing made sense.
In the meantime, Ridz was thinking back at the moment she opened her eyes and saw him look at her. She sighed at the thought of those eyes. In that moment she decided, if she would marry anyone, then it had to be Dr Armaan, no matter what she had to do.
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Part 5
A: "Aap ki pehli case hogi Ms Mihini Deshpande ke, aek accident mein unki severe 3rd degree burns, however yeh koi mamuli case nahi hai, Mohini ki diabetes hai, isliya hum usse normal cases ki tara har dawai nahi de sakhte. Clear? Mujhe is case ki report subha chaya. Woh abhi ICU mein hai, isliya aap logh unhe waha par milsakte hai". He avoided looking at Ridz when he said this. Everytime he looked at her he felt a weird sensation inside of him which made him feel warm and happy, he felt the same hearing RG's voice in the morning. This confused Armaan a lot played on his mind, stopping him from concentrate on his work.
A: "Ab aap sabh yahe ku kare hai, jaye kaam kijiye", with that they all left.
At: "Yaar, abh kya kare, is jaga ko hum ache tara se jaante takh nahi aur yeh hume ICU bech raha hai. Ab ICU kis taraf hai"
R: "Atul, idhar udhar dekne se ICU nahi milega, koi nurse yah doctor se poooch te hai". Ridz looked around and saw her dad.
R: "Papa" she walked towards him, "ICU ward kis taref hai?"
Shashank looked at her angrily "Dr Shashank, aap mujhe Dr Shashank kehkar address karenga yaha, is that clear clear Dr Riddhima".
Ridz realised her mistake and apologised looking hurt, "Sorry Pa.. er Dr Shashank"
Atul, Sapna and Anjali started at Ridz as she walked back towards them looking at the floor.
S: "Woh tumhare... I mean tum Dr Shashank ki..."
R: "Bethi hu" she finished off looking down.
They were all in to much shock to say anything else.
R: (lookings up now) "Hey guys, mein nahi shahti meri Dr Shashank ki bethi hone se tum logh mujhe alaag se treat karo"
At: "Nahi karungi yaar, hum baas sun karh heraan hogeyete tore vakht kiliye, but its cool"
An: "Ha aur is ki vaje se hume kum se kum koi real Dr ke saath mula kaath hogi, unlike woh 'wanna be' Dr Armaan".
They all laughed at this and went to visit the patient.
It was 11pm and the shift had finally come to an end. All the interns were in the locker room.
At: "Yaar mein toh takh geya, kahan subha 9 baje aaya tah aur abh raat 11 baje katam. Upar se us Dr Armaan neh kal duty subhe 8 baje bulaiya
hai" he lets out a loud yawn.
S: "Mujhe samajme nehi aara ki doctor log soothe kab hai agar woh aise hi duty par rehte hai".
R: "Guys, tum logo ko apni need ki pari haii, socho jab hum proper doctors banjate haut oh phir kitni logo ki ilaaj kar sakhenge, kitni dua'e hume milenge" she smiled, helping people had always been a lifelong dream of hers. Seeing her father help so many people and the love and respect he got from his patients inspired her.
A: "She's right, aur uphar se hume is top hospital mein khaam karne ki mocha mila hai, har kisi ki bhaat nahi yaha aa kar kaam karna". Anjali only ever thought about one thing, how good she would look, whether that be her physical looks or her prestige in society. Anjali was one of those people who always liked to be talked about in society and for people to envy her, this was the only she wanted to become a doctor as she found doctors had a status in society, and one day thought of opening a hospital so she could get rich from it.
At: "okay guys, mujhe jaana hoga, agar mein jaldi nahi so jahta to phir kaal mein shaam takh nahi jag paunga. Chalta hu, bye" and left.
Sapna's phone rang, "Hello... kya, bahar ho, tik hai mein abhi ayi". She put the phone down, "mujhe bhi jaana hoga, mera auto rickshaw wala agaye, see you tomorrow".
An: "Ridz tum ghar kaise jaa rehi ho, mein tume lift de du?"
R: "Nahi, mein dad kiliye wait karunga, hum saath chalenge, tum jau, bye"
An: "okay, bye".
Ridz was in the locker room by herself now sitting on the bench waiting for her dad.
It was now midnight and Shashank still hadn't come, Ridz was getting restless, "Yeh Papa kaha hai, mujhe neend arehi hai" She went looking for him.
She bumped into Shashank on his way to an emergency operation, "Papa, aap kaha jarehe, ghar?"
Sha: "Oh beta, I'm so sorry, mein bilkul bhool geya, tum aek kaam karo.." Armaan had just finished his shift and was walking past, "Dr Armaan" Shashank called out, "Aap please Riddhima ko ghar takh pocha denge, mujhe emergency operation karni hai aur mein nahi chahti ki woh ghar is waqt akhele jai, please"
A: "Of course Dr Shashank, aap chinta matt kijiye mein Dr Riddhima koh ghar takh pocha dunga".
"Great!" Armaan thought to himself, "Saara din uski avoid kiya, aur ab jabh mein ghar jaraha hu, toh phir is budha mujhe kehta hai, usse mein ghar takh chordu"
A: "Chale Dr Riddhima"
R: "Erm, chaliye. Bye Papa" she said hugging Shashank.
"****, yeh is budha ki bethi hai. Great, ab toh uski saath baadh bi karna parega. Chief Dr ki bethi joh tehri" he thought to himself slightly irritated that he was trying to avoid her as much as possible and now Dr Shashank had collared him to talk to her.
They were walking towards the car not saying anything to each when Ridz looked up from the floor and recognised the car.
R: "Yeh, apki gari hai?" she said turning to look at him. She couldn't believe it, it's the car from the morning, does that mean, it was him...
A: "Ha, aap se mathlab?" he looked puzzled, "Yeh meri gari koh aisi kya dekh rehi hai" he was thinking.
R: "Aap yeh gari chalate hai?" she couldn't believe her luck, could this guy get anymore perfect. He had her dream job, he looked dreamy and now he has her dream car. Wow, she thought, I definitely need to marry him now, but how, think Ridz...
A: "ha..." okay she was really worrying him now "kyun?"
R: "This is like, mera mathlab what a coincidence, yeh meri dream car hai, aur yeh gari aap ki hai. Wow"
"Huh?" Armaan was really confused, she seemed so excited by finding out he had a black Aston Martin, she really looked like she had fallen in love with car, she was running her fingers along the body of the car looking at with so much admiration. Do that to me, he thought. "What, yeh mein kya soch raha hu" Armaan was shocked and confused to find himself thinking/feeling such aliens fellings. He was confused.
A: "Aa, er... aap ki agar hogeyi to phir chale?"
R: "oh sorry mein kahi koh gaye ti, ha chale"
Armaan held the door open for Ridz to get in the car, she was so close to him that he could feel goosebumps on his arms as she walked past him. That perfume send electric shocks down his spine. He didn't realise but he had closed his eyes as she walked past, he was engulfed by the sweet smell of her.
R: "Erm chale Dr Armaan" she said smiling looking at him as he stood holding the door to the car. She could tell from the look in his face that he was thinking about her, getting him was going to be easier then she thought.
A: "Er ha" and he closed the door. He got in the car and started it, turned his head to look behind him so he could reverse when he found their faces were a centimetres away from each other.
Ridz had turned her head at the same to look behind, when she found herself looking into those gorgeous grey eyes, they seemed different in the dark, they were a different shade of grey now, they were more intense and seemed to look straight into her soul.
They were staring at each other... everything around them had melted away into the distance, it was only them...
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Lubna😳
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