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Neelam and Zaid are the best of friends - both British Pakistani kids from Ilford, with a shared dream of becoming writers and building a future where they’re free to be themselves. Although Zaid came out to Neelam when they were nineteen, his family still does not know that he is gay. Now at age thirty two, Zaid is still hiding a big part of his life from his parents. In this scene, Zaid’s father has had a heart attack and Neelam has rushed to the hospital to be by his side. Zaid is trying to
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ZAID: No one was at home. God knows how long he was like that at the bottom of the stairs.
NEELAM: Who found him
ZAID: My mum. She called the ambulance. We thought he was gonna be ok.
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NEELAM: You’re not in the right place to make this decision. This is me being real with you.
ZAID: I really thought you’d get it.
NEELAM: It’s because I love you that I’m saying don’t do it.
Citation: Waleed Akhtar, The Real Ones, Nick Hern Books, 2024, pp. 88-89.
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