For her birthday, Sushmita Sen, who loves to play the game by her own rules, has taken all of three days off in order to live it up. Interestingly this break wasn`t only from work, it was from daughter Renee, too.

Nobody quite knew where Sush was headed - and with whom. The only information her staff was willing to part with was that she was "sailing out of town". More prodding for details about her copanion on the trip elicited either a cold response from them or a somewhat hesitant "with a friend, of course."

We are not prying into her privacy, but just a few weeks back when news filtered in about the Monsoon Wedding guy Ranadeep Hooda being the latest man in her life, we weren`t sure of its authenticity. But it seems the mystery person accompanying her has to be someone she is trying to keep away from the press. And even Renee. Keep guessing!