R:I have to leave now.
Rani runs away.
Yudhishter:Hey…
He thinks:I could not even ask her who she is.Before that itself she left.Why?
Bindi:Very strange.
Rani reaches home.
Raghupati:Luckily you came before Ketki.
Rani:I was so nervous.Now i’m relieved.
R:How was the party? And the Prince..?
Rani:Your prayers and blessings favoured me.He chose me.
She is excited:Really?
Rani:Yes grandmom.
Raghupati hugs her.
Rani:But grandmom…i did’nt tell him anything about myself.If he comes to know that i’m his maid….
R:Don’t worry about that now.Everything will come well.You change your clothes fast.Otherwise others will doubt.
Rani changes her clothes.
Yudhishter is still thinking of Rani.
Y:I miss her.I want her…I will find her.
Chukti sees her clothes lying simply.
C:Rani did’nt iron my clothes today.Rani…come and iron my clothes.Stupid girl!Where is this girl?
Chutki goes to Rani’s room.She is shocked to see the cream saree on the table.
C:This is what that girl wore for the party.That means my doubt is true.That is Rani.
Bindi comes:What are you doing here?
C:Look at this saree.
B:This is that girl’s saree.Right?I remember this saree because of it’s simpliity.
C:I told you..it was Rani.
Bindi is shocked:Rani!How did she become so beautiful?
Ketki slaps Rani many times.Raghupati is crying:enough Ketki.
K:Without our knowledge you went for the party?The Prince chose you.Because of you my daughters got rejected.
Raghupati:Not because of Cinderella…your daughters don’t deserve the Prince.
K:Huh!Now onwards don’t go to the palace to do work.You should not meet the Prince again.
Rani is crying.Raghupati consoles her:The Prince is made for you by God.It can’t be changed at all.Wait and see.
Yudhishter tastes the food:This food is horrible.
Meenakshi:Rani;our cook stopped coming here.
Y:Why?
M:I don’t know.
Y:Tell her to come mom.If she needs more salary..please give that also.Her food is that good.
Meenakshi rings up Ketki:Ketki…why is Rani not coming here?
Ketki is hunting for words.
M:Yudhi is not liking the food now.He wants Rani’s food.
Ketki gets irritated.
K:She is not well.
M:Oh!I hope she will get better and will start coming here soon.We will give more salary.
Ketki is happy:Really?
M:Yes.
Ketki thinks:No one can recognize Rani.If she gets good salary,why should i stop her from going there?But what if she tells the Prince that she is the Cinderella who danced with him?No…even if she tells the truth,he won’t believe her.Because she looks very different now.Very ugly..
Rani is happy to go to the palace.
Yudhishter comes out of the room.Rani longs to see him.Her eyes are on him.He looks at her.She hides behind the wall.
He thinks:Why did this girl hide?Why was she staring at me?
He goes near the wall:Please come.Don’t hide yourself.
Slowly Rani comes before him.She is embarrassed.
R:Namaste Rajkumarji.
Suddenly her eyes strike him.He is reminded of Cinderella’s eyes.
He thinks:These eyes remind me of Cinderella’s eyes.I have seen this girl before.
Suddenly he remembers that she is his favourite cook Rani whose pet name is Cinderella.
He thinks:Is she the same girl?
He looks at her deeply.Rani becomes conscious.She sweats.