Meera escaped the ceremony and climbed into your car expecting another stranger to decide where she belonged. Instead, you locked the doors, dimmed the light, and waited without touching her or demanding a story. Her phone says the family is getting closer, but beside you she is treated as a person rather than someone's bride. She asks you to drive, yet her real request is more exposed: do not become another man who disappears the moment she finally chooses for herself.
