Saved by a Minute

**Title: “One Minute Late”** **** A flickering streetlight. A digital clock

reads **6:59 PM**. **ARJUN (22)** stands alone, backpack slung over one shoulder.

He checks his phone. No signal. The clock **BEEPS**. **7:00 PM.** The bus **ROARS

past**, just out of reach. Arjun exhales, frustrated. He sits.

An **OLD MAN** beside him smiles gently. **OLD MAN** Missed it? **ARJUN**

Yeah. One minute. The old man nods, looking at the road. **OLD MAN**

Funny thing about one minute. It’s enough to miss a bus… or meet someone

you wouldn’t have. A **CAR SCREECHES** nearby. A crash—minor, but loud.