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 Angelina pops up at Anthony's in Amber House😱 

Setting: Amber House, 8:47 PM
Low lighting, velvet drapes, the quiet hum of conversation from the other room. Anthony is sipping a glass of bourbon near the fireplace, when the heavy front door creaks open...

[Angelina enters, breathless, wearing a long coat soaked from rain]

Anthony:
(freezes, his glass halfway to his lips)
Angelina?

Angelina:
(softly, almost to herself)
You still remember my name.

Anthony:
What are you doing here? After all this time?
(stands up slowly)
You shouldn’t be here. Not at Amber House.

Angelina:
I wasn’t planning on it. I was passing through Ravencliff, saw the light on… and I just—
I don’t know what I was thinking. But I couldn’t leave without seeing you.

Anthony:
(voice tight)
You left without seeing me before. No note. No goodbye. You think just walking back through that door changes that?

Angelina:
I didn’t come here to change the past, Anthony. I came here because I can’t change it.
I’ve carried the weight of it every day.

Anthony:
(laughs bitterly)
The weight of what, exactly? Walking away? Or lying to me?

Angelina:
You don’t know everything. You never did.

Anthony:
Then why not tell me? Why disappear like a ghost and leave me in this tomb of a house, wondering if you were even alive?

Angelina:
Because I had no choice! I was protecting you.

Anthony:
From what?

Angelina:
From him. From what he would’ve done to you if he knew we were together.

Anthony:
Don’t say his name. You think your brother scared me?

Angelina:
It wasn’t just Marcus. It was everything. The family, the estate, the legacy. You weren’t safe.
He found the letters, Anthony. The ones I wrote to you.

Anthony:
(jaw clenches)
You’re lying.

Angelina:
Do I look like I’ve been living a lie? I’ve been running. Changing names, cities… always looking over my shoulder.
I only stopped when I heard he was gone.

Anthony:
Marcus is…?

Angelina:
Dead. Three weeks ago. Car crash in Geneva. That’s why I came back. That’s why I came to you.

Anthony:
(sinks into the chair, stunned)
I thought I hated you for leaving. But now… I don’t know what to feel.

Angelina:
Feel whatever you need to. Anger. Confusion. Just… don’t tell me you feel nothing.

Anthony:
(quietly)
I never stopped feeling. That was the problem.

Angelina:
Then let me stay. For tonight.
Just tonight. I’m not asking for forever.

Anthony:
Amber House doesn’t forget. And neither do I.
But... the fire’s still warm. And there’s another glass.

Angelina:
That’s all I need.