Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Vekeana leaves a voice message for her best friend Maya as she's just heard the lock down has been extended to another 21 days, even though she's been isolating with her husband Puneet and brother Vikram for two weeks prior. Vekeana has a smart idea as she rushes to get her priorities somewhat straight as the lock-down clamps down.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Vekeana still cannot get through to Maya considering they would speak to each other everyday but now it has been weeks. She leaves a message about being cooped up and only darting out for food runs which causes paranoia upon her return. Is this the new world order? Will she be able to get through this - She can do this.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
She cannot do this. Panicked she leaves another message with Maya. Too much information has her frantic, the news, the gossip, and people still on the streets. She needs her best friend to calm her down, but where is she? No one is that busy not to take a call, everyone is in lock down at home She talks herself down from the edge.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Another voice note to Maya who is no longer posting on any of her social media platforms. This concerns Vekeana as Maya maybe on her own her after her break-up with Timmy. Or is she on her own. Vekeana reflects it must be easier to be in lock-down with whom you choose to be with as opposed to the difficulties one can face being stuck with those you don't.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
On another voice message to Maya, Vekeana recounts the resolutions she had made at the start of the year. Is lock-down the best time to implement these already forgotten resolutions and turns thing around for the best? Because Vekeana cannot be holding up this friendship own her own.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Why Maya is ghosting Vekeana is beyond her understanding? The day already started on the wrong foot when Puneet did the unforgivable in Vekeana's dream but she holds him accountable during the waking hours. But worst still, the fridge begins to die which means there little hope for the bacon.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Whatever grudge Maya may have as she is not responding or returning any of Vekeana's calls or messages, Vekeana leaves yet another message telling her she should move past it. These are desperate times and the boredom calls for desperate measures. Unfortunately for Vekeana she only has success in some measures.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Is Maya blocking Vekeana for not getting the part in a film Vekeana recommended her for? That seems petty. Vekeana scrutinizes herself during her lock-down time and admits petty is a trait that she sometimes succumbs to too. But under these circumstances, the mirror says its time for a change.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Vekeana realizes that her argument with her husband Puneet may seem trivial in retrospect. She doesn't want him to know that but she needs to vent so she leaves a voice note for Maya and vents about the argument and the corona virus when the ping on her phone alerts her that she has received a message from Maya.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
A five word message from Maya has Vekeana fuming. After all this times she deserved more than just a message saying "You know what you did". Vekeana decides that she is getting too old for these games and compares the wisdom of the old verses the new generation. It's final for Vekeana as she tells Maya that she will never call her again and is unfriending her from all social media.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Vekeana blasts Maya when she finds out that Maya has secret Instagram account that she accidentally came across on Google. Vekeana isn't coping well with this situation and wonders how a security blanket works or is it just covering up with your fears. She recounts the hardships of her past and how she coped through it her writing and her sense of humor.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Vekeana is hurt and confronts Maya on a voice note when she discovered that Maya had lied about going to a silent retreat but was holidaying in Goa with mutual friends. Paranoia sets in at home when Puneet gets conjunctivitis an assured symptom of the corona virus. Vekeana already has poor hearing, and if this is contagious then she fears she may lose all her senses.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
A frustrated Vekeana calls Maya when she reads a public post from Maya which Vekeana is an indirect jab at her. She tells her that there more to the world that we can see and believe. She shares her superstitions and out worldly experiences that lifted her heart. But calls Maya two faced over an incident with her ex-lover and her cat.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Vekeana considers how much will she have to make-do, with the dodgy internet connection and the lack of grocery options. How much more is she willing to give up? But not Maya, she will not be a concession. Vekeana sets a time and place to meet at the grocery store and they can settle this mask to mask once and for all.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Vekeana is furious at Maya for nor showing up. Vekeana waited until she was thrown out of the store and was almost arrested for turning up at Maya's building. But why is Maya doing this? Is this a reflection of who Vekeana is? Does she need to make changes to her personality? Or is she just too much?
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
Another message to Maya where Vekeana expresses that they are near the end of the lock-down, but has this experience made her and those around her crazy. Or is it the world. She contemplates and suspects the reason Maya isn't responding maybe because Vekeana told Maya's fiancé that Maya was cheating on him.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
In her message to Maya, Vekeana explains why she told Timmy about Maya's affair. Vekeana wanted to shake Maya out of her mistake and when Maya wouldn't listen Vekeana was forced to take action in order for Maya to correct herself. But in retrospect it wasn't Vekeana's place to interfere this way.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
With another message to Maya, Vekeana talks about the things she has missed due to the lock-down and how the virus will shape the new world. She also resigns to status quo with Maya, she feels as long as she has been listening to her messages then there may still be a slight chance.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
In another voice message to Maya, Vekeana finally says it - Sorry. Sorry for everything that she did to end up in this situation with her best friend. Now that they are coming to the end of the lock-down Vekeana feels the change in herself but wonders if she will walk out the same person as when she came in. She hopes better for Maya. Maybe the new Maya can forgive her even if the old can't.
Mon, Jun 22, 2020
The lock-down has been extended for another 19 days. Vekeana is takes it on the chin after all this is the largest, most unprecedented civil action the world has come together to undertake. She will be okay as she has her husband and her brother's support though this. But she knows she has lost Maya and lets her know that is will be her final message to her. When - Vekeana's phone rings.