JUSTIN POV / AMBER RETURNS
IN DAVIS PALACE – HALL
Grandfather slams the table.
Grandfather: "CALL AMBER RIGHT NOW, STEVE." 😐
Grandmother: "Jonathan! Tell your father to STOP before he crosses my limit!" 😠
Stephen: "What do I do now?!" 😱
Joseph: "Just call her." 😒
Stephen, panicking, accidentally hits the call button.
Joseph: "WHAT THE—CUT THE CALL!" 😱
But it's too late.
The call connects.
And a cold, soft, dangerous voice answers—
Amber: "Hello. Amber Davis." 😈
Everyone: 😱😱😱😱😱
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IN JUSTIN'S ROOM
Justin: "Aunt Lauren…" 😊
Lauren: "Hm?" 😐
Justin: "…Why did Mom leave me?" 😕
Lauren: "HUH—?!" 🥲
Lauren freezes.
Because this Justin was never allowed to ask this question.
Because in the past, no one spoke about Amber in front of him.
But this Justin is 26 inside.
This Justin deserves the truth.
Lauren opens her mouth, but—
Justin: "It's okay… Aunt, I just want to know someday."
He gently pats her hand.
Lauren looks like she might cry.
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BACK TO THE HALL
Stephen: "YOU talk!" 😱
Joseph: "NO, YOU TALK!" 😱
Through their arguing, Amber speaks again.
Amber: "May I know who this is?"
Stephen panics and shoves the phone to Jonathan.
Stephen: "Brother! You speak!"
Amber's voice fills the hall again.
Amber: "Hello?"
Jonathan's breath catches.
He freezes.
His heart stops, then beats violently.
He whispers—
Jonathan: "…Amber." 😶
Silence.
A long, heavy, emotional silence.
Amber whispers back—
Amber: "…Oh my god. Jonathan." 😶
Everything stops.
The shouting stops.
The world stops.
Emotion crashes over both of them.
Everyone around is thinking Jonathan is quiet because he hates her.
But no.
He is quiet because…
He feels her presence again.
After 10 years.
After all the pain.
After all the nights he cried alone.
Jonathan and Amber: 😶😶
Silent. Feeling everything.
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IN AMBER'S SIDE
IN AMBER'S HOUSE
Lucy: "Aunt, I don't want to study there anymore." 😓
Natalie: "Then where do you want to study?" 😎
Suddenly Amber's phone rings.
Amber: "Hello, Amber Davis." 😈
"Who is this?" 😈
"Hello?"
Then she hears a whisper—
Phone: "…Amber." 😶
Amber freezes.
Her hand trembles.
She whispers back—
Amber: "…Oh my god. Jonathan." 😶
Silence again.
Pain and love collide inside her chest.
Then Stephen interrupts the emotional moment.
Stephen: "Sis Amber—" 🥲
Amber: "Say it, Joseph." 🤨
Joseph: "WHY ME?! THAT WAS STEPHEN!" 😤
Amber: "Fine. What happened?" 😑
Joseph and Stephen look like they are standing in front of a lion.
Joseph: "It's… uh…" 😓
Stephen: "Actually, Justin—" 😂
Amber explodes.
Amber: "WHAT HAPPENED TO JUSTIN?!" 😈
Joseph & Stephen: 🥲 we are dead
Grandfather takes the phone.
Grandfather: "Can you come and see him? He is behaving very… weirdly." 🥲
Amber: "Okay, Uncle." 😑
Then softly—
Amber: "Jonathan…" 😔
Jonathan: 😶
Amber: "Bye." 😔
She ends the call.
And in the hall—
Jonathan breaks.
He starts crying.
Not quietly.
Not secretly.
Openly.
Everyone is shocked—not because he is crying, but because…
It is the first time he cried in front of them.
Amber leaving broke him.
He lived like a ghost.
And hearing her voice after 10 years…
His buried love came rushing back, unstoppable.
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IN JUSTIN'S ROOM
Justin: "Aunt, tell me…" 😊
(I need to know. Why she really left. Dad is handsome, rich, kind… everything a woman would want. Something doesn't match.)
Lauren: "Huh—Megan, you say!" 😅
Megan: "Me?! Why don't you ask your father?" 😅
Justin nods.
Justin: "Okay!" 😊
And he runs out of the room.
Lauren turns to Megan.
Lauren: "WHY did you say that?!" 😱
Megan: "What else?! Jonathan won't let us speak about Amber! Better he says it himself!" 😌
-- continue