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FADE IN:
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INT. CLASSROOM – DAY
Dim daylight filters through the windows.
TEJA sits at her desk, trying to focus on her book.
Two classmates sneer at her.
CLASSMATE 1
Teja, your family's always falling apart!
CLASSMATE 2
Your mom must be messing up everything!
Teja tries to ignore them, her eyes glistening.
TEJA (V.O., whispering)
Why does everything keep crashing down on me?
Why is there no one to stand by my side?
Tears fill her eyes. The loneliness consumes her.
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INT. LIVING ROOM – EVENING
JODY, Teja's mother, whispers on the phone with her secret lover.
ADAM and TEJA sit tensely, exchanging worried glances.
ADAM (whispering)
We need to be careful… Mom's not herself.
TEJA (anxious)
Everything feels wrong… Something bad is coming.
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EXT. GARDEN – NIGHT
Moonlight barely illuminates the garden.
TEJA and ADAM walk cautiously.
Suddenly— VERA appears, wearing a red faceless mask. Her movements are twisted, almost inhuman.
ADAM
Teja! We need to run!
TEJA (trembling)
I'm not leaving you behind!
Vera lunges. A violent fight breaks out.
She's fast, relentless. Adam is struck down — dead.
TEJA (screaming, broken)
No! No! You'll never take my brother!
VERA (distorted voice under mask)
You can try… but you'll never escape me.
Teja, fueled by rage and grief, attacks wildly. She kills Vera. Blood covers her, but her face is drowned in sorrow.
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INT. HOSPITAL RECEPTION – NIGHT
TEJA rushes inside, desperate.
A RECEPTIONIST checks the records, then looks up coldly.
RECEPTIONIST
Your brother was never brought here.
And he wasn't found at the crime scene.
Teja freezes. Tears stream down her cheeks.
The world falls silent. Fear, grief, and confusion crush her.
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FADE OUT.
THE END
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