Doors

Summary

• Nora enters the newsagent's, seeing herself as a black hole, consumed by despair.
• She meets Ravi, a former bandmate and friend of her brother, Joe, whom she had not parted terms with very well.
• Ravi suggests her brother Joe is depressed and is in financial trouble.
• They discuss the past and tensions between them related to their former band, The Labyrinths. Ravi suggests that they could have been successful if Nora had not left the band due to her engagement.
• Nora defends her decision to leave the band, saying it wasn't fair to blame her for what happened, and that she maintained her offer to write songs for them.
• Ravi leaves the newsagent, with Nora asking him to give her regards to her brother, Joe.
• Nora then interacts with another woman, Kerry-Anne, a former schoolmate, who questions Nora about her past fame as a promising swimmer and current life status.
• Nora subtly communicates her distaste for these interactions and her desire to be alone, hinting at her deepening feelings of despair and isolation.
• As she leaves the shop, Nora wishes to escape everything behind her and start anew.