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Chapter 14: When Truth Finally SpokeLonavala changed its face after sunset.The hills that had looked playful and green through the afternoon now stood quieter, deeper—like elders who had seen too much to speak unnecessarily. The sky held a faint lavender hue, dissolving slowly into indigo, and the air smelled of damp earth and pine. The villa lights glowed softly, warm against the vastness outside.Rhea stood near the balcony railing, fingers curled tightly around her phone, though she hadn’t checked it in over an hour.She had rehearsed this moment in fragments. In mirrors. In half-sleep. In careless jokes disguised as flirting.