Someone Else's Shoes

Nisha goes to other pubs named the White Horse, searching unsuccessfully for her lost shoes, and then returns to Carl’s hotel. Seeing Ari at the door, she tries to duck through a side entrance, where she is spotted by Jasmine, a housekeeper at the hotel who believes that it is Nisha’s first day working there. Jasmine takes her inside, and not knowing what else to do, Nisha goes along with her, giving her name as Anita. Jasmine trains Nisha in the hotel’s housekeeping, and Nisha is once again disgusted by the turn her life has taken. There is a brief flashback to when Nisha was 19 and going by the name of Anita. She had just gotten off a bus in New York City and asked for a job cleaning hotel rooms at the first place she saw. Anita then cleaned for a wealthy family and got a job at a gallery, where she adopted the name Nisha and swore never to clean again.

On a break, Nisha listens to the hotel workers talk and is glad to be around other people again. She is also happy when she is fed by