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Chapter 47 - You chosed her

EXT. ORPHANAGE GARDEN – NIGHT – GOA

The garden is dimly lit with fairy lights strung across old mango trees. The scent of wet earth lingers in the air after a light drizzle. Moonlight glows on dew-drenched grass.

Ahaan stands beneath the canopy of a tree, arms crossed, waiting.

Dressed in black. Face unreadable.

But eyes burning.

Footsteps.

He turns.

Mishri walks toward him, high heels clicking softly on the stone path. She's dressed elegantly — too elegantly for a garden meeting. Her smile is calculated.

MISHRI (teasingly):

"Couldn't wait to see me, huh?"

AHAAN (flatly):

"Cut the act. You know why I called you."

She stiffens.

MISHRI (avoiding eye contact):

"You're angry. Fine. Say it."

AHAAN:

"You forged a letter, Mishri. In her handwriting.

You drugged me. Lied to me. Used me."

MISHRI (coldly):

"I saved you from heartbreak.

She would've left you eventually."

AHAAN (steps closer):

"You didn't save me.

You broke me."

MISHRI (desperate now):

"I did it because I love you!"

AHAAN (furious):

"You don't love me!

You love controlling me."

Their voices rise — the storm is cracking between them.

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EXT. GARDEN PATHWAY – SAME TIME

Mahi walks slowly toward the garden, carrying a small tray of tea — unaware of anything.

A staff member had told her:

"Ahaan sir is in the garden."

She smiled.

Gathered the courage.

Maybe… maybe today is the day to speak.

But as she walks closer…

She freezes.

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BACK TO AHAAN & MISHRI

AHAAN (growling):

"She cried for me every night.

And I believed you. I left her, Mishri.

I let her go because of your lie."

Mishri sees movement in the distance —

Her eyes catch Mahi, standing just behind the hedges.

AHAAN (still angry):

"I trusted you like a partner. And you stabbed me—"

But Mishri doesn't let him finish.

She grabs his face.

And kisses him.

Hard. Intense. Sudden.

Ahaan's eyes go wide — he pushes her away in 2 seconds.

AHAAN:

"What the hell are you—?!"

But it's too late.

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EXT. HEDGES – SAME TIME

Mahi drops the tray.

The cups shatter.

Her face — frozen. Pale. Wounded.

Not again.

Not again.

She turns—

And runs.

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BACK TO AHAAN

He hears the shatter, the footsteps.

Turns.

Sees her.

Sees Mahi running.

AHAAN (shouting):

"MAHI!"

But she's already gone.

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EXT. ORPHANAGE ENTRANCE – CONTINUOUS

Mahi runs out into the night.

Her vision blurs with tears.

The betrayal plays in her mind like a twisted echo.

Mahi (thinking):

"I was right…

He never came back for me.

He never chose me."

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BACK TO GARDEN

Ahaan stares at Mishri — his face full of fury.

AHAAN (deadly quiet):

"You planned that."

MISHRI (innocently):

"She was here?"

AHAAN (steps forward):

"You knew.

You saw her.

You made her run again."

MISHRI (cold smirk):

"And she ran. That's all she ever does."

Ahaan's fists tighten.

AHAAN (whispers):

"You just made your final mistake."

He turns and runs after Mahi —

this time, not to explain.

But to fight for her.

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