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Chapter 8 - Truth

 

Scene: CBI Office – 7 PM

A girl runs like she's in a Bollywood climax scene. She barges into her boss's office.

The boss? Calm. Sitting on a chair like he owns the city, staring at buildings .

Girl: (dramatic gasp) Sir! You sent something... next!

Boss: What did I send? Amazon package?

Girl: No sir... a file?

Boss: What's in the file? Chocolates?

Girl: Sir, I'm telling you – it's a stupid application!

Boss: (channeling inner Sherlock) Read it then, Watson!

She stares at him. Then the file. Then back at him. Then finally opens it like it's a Hogwarts letter.

Suddenly...

Boss: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??!"

(Cue dramatic thunder and background violin.)

She starts reading. It goes:

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To, The Principal, CBI Office.

Nex so ke... (Wait, what? Sleepy grammar alert!)

He suddenly gets up and yells,

"Air!"

(Was he calling for oxygen or a flight? No one knows.

Next's Morning

Nex wakes up on the floor like every responsible adult.

Thinks: "Why am I sleeping on the lower floor again?"

Shrugs. Goes to the bathroom. Then to eat.

Celeste is cooking like she's on MasterChef.

Celeste: Good morning! You woke up early today.

Nex "Oh! First time you said good morning to me. Emotional damage."

Also Next: "I'm starving."

Celeste: Just 2 minutes! (Standard "2-minute Maggi" lie)

Nex: (eating) Hmm... you seem normal now. No alien behavior.

Celeste: Yep, I think I'm fine now.

Nex: (thinking while munching) "Enough with the daily soap drama."

Celeste: How's the food?

Nex It's... edible. But I've got a question.

Celeste: (Suspicious) What?

Nex When I first saw you, there was a sparkle in your eyes.

Now... it's like LED bulb gone dim. Even at the mall, you looked happy... but acted like a Flipkart review – "Looks good, doesn't work."

You had one chance. So think carefully before you answer.

Celeste, who was washing dishes like a ninja, freezes mid-scrub. Soap bubble pops. She stares at the wall like it insulted her.

Celeste: It's important to tell...

(And scene cuts. Because suspense.)

Celeste, who was washing the utensils, suddenly stops. 

She says:

"It is important to tell you."

Nex becomes serious.

Celeste (speaking quickly):

"Please don't throw me out of the house!"

Nex

"What?!"

(He stands up from the table and says:)

"I thought it must be something serious! But it's just this?

You don't even do any work, still I treat you so kindly."

(laughs)

"I guess the food was actually good."

What happened!

Nex

I didn't even say anything and you threw me out of my own house!"

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Next feels something suspicious in Celeste's behavior.

Celeste hides the truth because she fears Nex might get upset by her words .

But when Next finds out the truth, he mocks Celeste a little.

In the end, Celeste gets upset and she ends up by threw out Nex to his house.

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