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1Mara hides a small velvet ring box behind the cake before the guests arrive
2Guests fill the room and Theo, her boyfriend, arrives with a woman nobody knows
3Theo introduces the stranger to Mara as Lena, an old friend
4Mara finds the ring box has been moved, lid open, empty
5Mara sees Lena in the hallway, turning something small over in her fingers
6Mara pulls her sister Jo aside and tells her
7Jo searches the red coat's pockets and finds nothing
8Lena has taken off her coat and is now wearing a ring on her hand
9Mara recognises it as the ring she bought
10Mara confronts Theo alone outside
11Theo walks back inside without answering, leaving her there
12Theo and Lena stand close together by the window, laughing
13Jo brings the cake out early to force everyone together
14The room gathers around the cake and Mara is pushed to the front beside Theo
15Mara's hand lifts the cake knife
16Mara puts the knife down and asks Lena, in front of everyone, to show her hand
17Lena hides her hand behind her back
18Theo steps between them
19Theo takes the ring from Lena's finger
20Theo holds the ring out, not to Mara, but kneels in front of Lena
21Lena backs away from him, shaking her head
22Lena says she only took it to warn Mara, and points at Theo
23Theo stands up, the ring still in his fist, and the guests draw back from him
24Mara holds her open hand out to Theo for the ring
25Theo drops the ring into her palm
26Theo leaves, coat over his arm, and Jo shuts the door behind him
27Mara sits on the sofa beside Lena, the stranger, the ring between them
28Mara and Lena cut the cake together for the guests who stayed
29Mara and Lena smoke on the balcony, the red coat around Mara's shoulders
30Mara throws the ring off the balcony into the dark
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Mara hides a small velvet ring box behind the cake before the guests arrive
never shown — the story from here when it stopped
2. Guests fill the room and Theo, her boyfriend, arrives with a woman nobody knows
3. Theo introduces the stranger to Mara as Lena, an old friend
4. Mara finds the ring box has been moved, lid open, empty
5. Mara sees Lena in the hallway, turning something small over in her fingers
6. Mara pulls her sister Jo aside and tells her
7. Jo searches the red coat's pockets and finds nothing
8. Lena has taken off her coat and is now wearing a ring on her hand
9. Mara recognises it as the ring she bought
10. Mara confronts Theo alone outside
11. Theo walks back inside without answering, leaving her there
12. Theo and Lena stand close together by the window, laughing
13. Jo brings the cake out early to force everyone together
14. The room gathers around the cake and Mara is pushed to the front beside Theo
15. Mara's hand lifts the cake knife
16. Mara puts the knife down and asks Lena, in front of everyone, to show her hand
17. Lena hides her hand behind her back
18. Theo steps between them
19. Theo takes the ring from Lena's finger
20. Theo holds the ring out, not to Mara, but kneels in front of Lena
21. Lena backs away from him, shaking her head
22. Lena says she only took it to warn Mara, and points at Theo
23. Theo stands up, the ring still in his fist, and the guests draw back from him
24. Mara holds her open hand out to Theo for the ring
25. Theo drops the ring into her palm
26. Theo leaves, coat over his arm, and Jo shuts the door behind him
27. Mara sits on the sofa beside Lena, the stranger, the ring between them
28. Mara and Lena cut the cake together for the guests who stayed
29. Mara and Lena smoke on the balcony, the red coat around Mara's shoulders
30. Mara throws the ring off the balcony into the dark
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