[INT. HOTEL ROOM – MORNING]
The sun peeks through the curtains. ROSE wakes up alone, looking around the empty room, searching for LUI.
Rose: (shouting) Lui! Where are you?
Silence fills the room. Rose scrambles out of bed, looking frantic, calling his name again.
Rose: Lui!
Still no answer. She notices a folded letter on the nightstand and picks it up with trembling hands. She reads it quietly to herself, her expression shifting from confusion to heartbreak.
Rose: (reading) "Dear Rose, I know what I did can't be forgiven or forgotten…"
The tears begin to well in her eyes as she continues.
Rose: (whispering) No...
Rose: "After you confessed your feelings for me... I couldn't hold my feelings and hormones."
She wipes her tears, trying to stay composed.
Rose: (reading) "I really wanna say I love you, but I'm not gonna say it since I don't deserve your love…"
Emotions swell as she processes the words.
Rose: (softly) Why, Lui? Why didn't you tell me you were leaving?
She reads further, her heart breaking with each line.
Rose: (crying) "I wanted to tell you I will be leaving China and will be going overseas…"
Rose collapses onto the bed, the letter slipping from her hands.
Rose: (to herself) He's really gone…
After a moment, she gathers herself, stands up, and leaves the hotel room, still in disbelief.
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