Maya's cafe
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The hardest thing to do- pluck courage and express your love to the one you adore. Instead you burn inside in anxiety and anguish.
In Maya's cafe, a young man awaits for a glimpse of the lady he has a crush on for months after a failed job interview and what follows is the whirlwind of his intertwined inner emotions- havoc of jobless life and quagmire of inability to express his love.......
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