Story By Aratrika Sharma
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Aratrika Sharma

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Ten minutes - He knew I would never return
Updated at Nov 5, 2025, 03:21
A lost traveler takes a late-night ride to Lucknow, hoping to reach home. But the driver leads him to a strange place — a garden of purple flowers that feels alive, whispering under the fog. Inside waits a smiling girl who talks too sweetly, two boys who act too calm, and a secret buried in the soil.By morning, one boy is found dead. A man from an old “Rest in Peace” photo stands breathing in front of the same wall. As night returns, the traveler tries to run, chasing a horn and a flicker of light — but the road ends where the grave begins.When the man with the shovel smiles and says,“Ten minutes, and you’ll stop breathing too,”he realizes the truth too late —he never left the place the moment he arrived.
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