REVENGE: THE ULTIMATE PLANNING Draft

[Scene opens — Early morning, grey sky. Aeryn stands outside a worn-down café, staring at a newspaper clipping.]

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(voiceover): Vaelran Allaire—Caelan’s husband. Minister. Public darling. Private monster.

[He folds the paper and enters the café. It’s quiet. Only one person sits near the corner: a tired-looking woman in a nurse’s uniform.]

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(sitting across from her, low voice): "You worked in the house, didn’t you?"

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Nurse (nervous glance around): "Yes… but I shouldn’t be talking to you."

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(firmly): "I’m his brother. You want to talk to me."

[She exhales shakily, pulling a worn locket from her neck and placing it on the table.]

any female character

Nurse: "He gave me this before… before he—" (chokes up) "He said, 'If anything happens to me, give this to Aeryn. He’ll understand.'"

**[Aeryn opens the locket. Inside—a tiny photo of Caelan with a bruised cheek, smiling tightly. The background? A lavish hall with Vaelran… and Lucien.]

LUCIEN

(past): “It was so sudden… He must’ve been depressed.”

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(present) (gritting teeth): "Depressed my ass."

[Cut to Aeryn back at home. He opens Caelan’s diary again. A new page.]

Diary Entry: “Lucien says Vaelran didn’t mean to. But broken bones don’t lie. Love isn’t supposed to make you bleed.”

[Sudden knock at the door. Aeryn opens it cautiously. It’s his old university friend—Damon, now working in forensics.]

DAMON

Hey. I got your message. You said you wanted everything about the night Caelan died?"

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(coldly): "Everything. Reports. Security footage. And autopsy."

DAMON

(pausing): "You’re not gonna like what you find."

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(Dark smirk): "I’m not here to like anything."

[Cut to Aeryn at his desk. He pulls out a hidden file. Title: “Case 039: The Minister’s Shadow.”]

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(voiceover): They thought burying him would bury the truth. But I’m not the type to mourn quietly. I dig.

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