Billion Dollars Girl The Welcome

The Welcome

🏚️ The Agent’s Place

A big gated compound. Faded walls. Barbed wire on top. No signboard.

A line of tired-looking boys and girls waiting to get in.

Agent 1

Get off. Take your bags. Stay in line.

Meilin/Anastasia

(I step onto the dirt ground. My legs wobble after a week of buses, trains, endless roads. I thought I’d feel relief. Instead, my chest feels heavy.)

Rina

It doesn’t look like training… more like… prison.

Agent 1

Shut up. You’ll get used to it.

Meilin/Anastasia

*Used to what?*

Suddenly,a woman walk out of the place

Agent 2

Welcome, children! You must be tired after such a long journey.

Agent 2

Come, come inside.

Rina

(whispers) She seems nice…

Meilin/Anastasia

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Agent 1

My job ends here. Listen to her now.

Agent 2

Don’t be afraid. This place is safe.

Agent 2

You’ll eat, sleep, and learn here. Think of me as your older sister.

Meilin/Anastasia

*safe*

🏚️ Tour of the Place

A long dormitory with rows of bunk beds.

A mess hall with steel plates stacked high.

A classroom with plastic chairs and a chalkboard.

A courtyard, enclosed by tall walls.

Rina

Looks like… school.

Meilin/Anastasia

A school with locks on every door.

AFTER FEW MINUTES

Agent 2

Now, children, let’s gather in the hall. I want to know each of you. We are a family here.

Meilin/Anastasia

*Family*

At the hall ~

Agent 2

Introduce yourselves. Name, where you’re from, and why you’re here.

Arjun

I’m Arjun… from Bihar. My parents sent me. I want to earn.

Random girl

My name is Lhamo… from Sikkim. I came to support my younger brothers.

Rina

I’m Rina, from Assam. I just want to help my mother.

Meilin/Anastasia

…Meilin. From xxxxxxxx. Eldest daughter. My family depends on me.

Agent 2

(gently claps her hands) Good. Very good. Each of you has your reasons.

Agent 2

Remember, here we help you become strong, useful, successful. You will not regret coming here.

Everyone nods

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