Exact Change by Ivakspen Some memories never fade. Some debts are never returned. Itihaas lives with a past that refuses to let go. Eight years have passed since tragedy struck her family, yet every moment of loss lingers in the quiet spaces of her home. Today, on her daughter Nura’s seventeenth birthday, the ordinary becomes surreal. A red balloon, a five-rupee coin, a moment remembered wrong—or perhaps too well—pull her into an ocean of memory, grief, and impossible choices. As love, longing, and the weight of loss collide, Itihaas must confront what it means to move forward, to forgive, and to accept the exact change life gives. A haunting tale of love, memory, and the fine line between reality and what we cannot forget.