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1Tom hides a packed suitcase in the car trunk before the party.
2Tom comes inside, and Mara hands him a stack of plates for her birthday party.
3The first guests arrive, and Mara hugs her friend Jess in the doorway.
4Tom slips out of the crowded party to take a phone call alone.
5Mara, fetching spare chairs from the car, finds the suitcase in the trunk.
6She unzips it: his shirts, and his passport lying on top.
7Mara slips the passport into her dress pocket and shuts the trunk.
8Back inside, Mara raises a glass and toasts Tom in front of everyone.
9They cut her birthday cake together, her hand clamped over his on the knife.
10Tom goes out to the car and searches the suitcase for the passport.
11Tom goes through every coat pocket on the hallway rack.
12Jess corners Mara, and Mara shows her the passport.
13Jess leaves the party early, holding Mara tightly at the door.
14Tom pulls Mara into a slow dance among the guests.
15Mara breaks off the dance and climbs the stairs alone.
16Mara locks the passport in her dresser drawer and keeps the key.
17Tom follows her upstairs; she is sitting on the bed, key in her fist.
18Tom tries the dresser drawer; it is locked.
19Mara is downstairs again, seeing guests off as though nothing happened.
20The last guest is gone; Tom and Mara are alone among the wreckage.
21Tom puts his car keys on the table between them.
22Mara lays the little drawer key beside his car keys.
23Tom takes the drawer key and leaves the table.
24Tom comes back down in his coat, passport in hand.
25Mara sets the leftover birthday cake in front of him and lights one candle.
26Tom sits back down at the table, still in his coat.
27They are still sitting there; the candle has burned down into the cake.
28Tom takes the car keys and goes out to the car.
29Mara comes out and sits on the porch step to watch.
30The car is gone; his wedding ring is on the step beside her.
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Tom hides a packed suitcase in the car trunk before the party.
the picture turned out to be: There are two men standing next to a parked car. The man on the left is wearing a blue shirt and has a black suitcase in front of him. There is a building behind the cars.
looked at: m, b, c
never shown — the story from here when it stopped
2. Tom comes inside, and Mara hands him a stack of plates for her birthday party.
3. The first guests arrive, and Mara hugs her friend Jess in the doorway.
4. Tom slips out of the crowded party to take a phone call alone.
5. Mara, fetching spare chairs from the car, finds the suitcase in the trunk.
6. She unzips it: his shirts, and his passport lying on top.
7. Mara slips the passport into her dress pocket and shuts the trunk.
8. Back inside, Mara raises a glass and toasts Tom in front of everyone.
9. They cut her birthday cake together, her hand clamped over his on the knife.
10. Tom goes out to the car and searches the suitcase for the passport.
11. Tom goes through every coat pocket on the hallway rack.
12. Jess corners Mara, and Mara shows her the passport.
13. Jess leaves the party early, holding Mara tightly at the door.
14. Tom pulls Mara into a slow dance among the guests.
15. Mara breaks off the dance and climbs the stairs alone.
16. Mara locks the passport in her dresser drawer and keeps the key.
17. Tom follows her upstairs; she is sitting on the bed, key in her fist.
18. Tom tries the dresser drawer; it is locked.
19. Mara is downstairs again, seeing guests off as though nothing happened.
20. The last guest is gone; Tom and Mara are alone among the wreckage.
21. Tom puts his car keys on the table between them.
22. Mara lays the little drawer key beside his car keys.
23. Tom takes the drawer key and leaves the table.
24. Tom comes back down in his coat, passport in hand.
25. Mara sets the leftover birthday cake in front of him and lights one candle.
26. Tom sits back down at the table, still in his coat.
27. They are still sitting there; the candle has burned down into the cake.
28. Tom takes the car keys and goes out to the car.
29. Mara comes out and sits on the porch step to watch.
30. The car is gone; his wedding ring is on the step beside her.
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