Neelam Rajsi Kenith Tejaswini 20 March Mega Ful... -

They were alone.

Neelam tapped the envelope. "I dug it up yesterday. Alone. And I found something none of us put in." Neelam Rajsi Kenith Tejaswini 20 March Mega Ful...

The manager tilted her head. "Why, the 20th of March. The day you all made a promise you forgot. The day you agreed to stay ." They were alone

She slid out a single photograph. It was the four of them, taken just last week — at the same café, wearing the same clothes they had on right now . In the photo, a fifth figure stood behind them, blurry and indistinct. Behind that figure, the café’s neon sign flickered: . The day you all made a promise you forgot

Neelam stood up, chair scraping. "We never made any promise."

Rajsi grabbed it, flipped it over. On the back, in handwriting they all recognized as their own — yet not — were scrawled words: "20th March. Mega Ful. The fifth one is the key. Don’t let the clock strike 9." Kenith checked his watch. 8:52 PM.

A sudden gust blew the café doors open. The lights flickered. The barista wasn’t at the counter anymore. Neither were the other customers.