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Track 10: Hello — Adele (Season Finale)
<h2><strong>Track 10 — Hello — Adele (Season Finale)</strong></h2><p><br/></p><p>---</p><p><br/></p><p>The café had never been this quiet.</p><p><br/></p><p>Even the coffee machine seemed to know something serious was about to happen.</p><p><br/></p><p>Faye’s words still hung in the air.</p><p><br/></p><p><em>"Someone in this café lied to Tavi."</em></p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo looked around slowly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Okay… we’re ending this tonight.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Rylee nodded.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Yes please. Because my head is about to explode.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The man sitting across from me finally leaned forward.</p><p><br/></p><p>His calm expression had not changed all evening.</p><p><br/></p><p>But now there was something else in his eyes.</p><p><br/></p><p>Resignation.</p><p><br/></p><p>He exhaled slowly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Fine.”</p><p><br/></p><p>He looked toward the woman beside him.</p><p><br/></p><p>“We might as well stop pretending.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo frowned.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Pretending about what?”</p><p><br/></p><p>He stood up.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then he extended his hand toward her.</p><p><br/></p><p>“About who we really are.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The woman sighed softly.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then she stood beside him.</p><p><br/></p><p>For the first time all night, the two of them looked completely united.</p><p><br/></p><p>Partners.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not strangers.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not rivals.</p><p><br/></p><p>Partners.</p><p><br/></p><p>He spoke first.</p><p><br/></p><p>“My name isn’t what I told you earlier.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Rylee muttered.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Oh boy…”</p><p><br/></p><p>The man nodded calmly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“My name is <strong>John</strong>.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo blinked.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Wait…”</p><p><br/></p><p>Then the woman spoke.</p><p><br/></p><p>“And my name…”</p><p><br/></p><p>She looked around the room slowly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“…is <strong>Nimmatt</strong>.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The café erupted in disbelief.</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo pointed between them.</p><p><br/></p><p>“You two… have been together this whole time?”</p><p><br/></p><p>John shrugged slightly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Yes.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Rylee threw his hands in the air.</p><p><br/></p><p>“So all this drama was what… relationship theatre?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Nimmatt shook her head.</p><p><br/></p><p>“No.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Her voice was calm but sharp.</p><p><br/></p><p>“It was an experiment.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The word landed heavily.</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo narrowed her eyes.</p><p><br/></p><p>“An experiment?”</p><p><br/></p><p>John nodded.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Yes.”</p><p><br/></p><p>He gestured toward everyone in the room.</p><p><br/></p><p>“You writers love stories.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“So we decided to see what would happen if we… nudged one.”</p><p><br/></p><p>My stomach dropped.</p><p><br/></p><p>“You mean…”</p><p><br/></p><p>Nimmatt finished the sentence.</p><p><br/></p><p>“We wanted to see how easily people could be manipulated by emotion.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo looked furious.</p><p><br/></p><p>“You turned people’s lives into a social experiment?”</p><p><br/></p><p>John shrugged.</p><p><br/></p><p>“You’d be surprised how quickly people betray each other when love enters the equation.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Rylee shook his head slowly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“That’s sick.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Faye crossed her arms.</p><p><br/></p><p>“And Tavi?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Nimmatt looked down briefly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“He figured it out.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The room went silent again.</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo whispered,</p><p><br/></p><p>“That’s why he confronted you.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Nimmatt nodded.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Yes.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“And that’s why everything spiraled.”</p><p><br/></p><p>My voice came out lower than before.</p><p><br/></p><p>“So where is Tavi?”</p><p><br/></p><p>John opened his mouth to respond—</p><p><br/></p><p>But the café door suddenly creaked open.</p><p><br/></p><p>Adele's voice got a mix with the wind as the lyrics blew strongly back into the Café. </p><p><em><strong><br/></strong></em></p><blockquote><em><strong>"Hello from the otherside!!!"</strong></em></blockquote><p><br/></p><p>Every head turned.</p><p><br/></p><p>A man walked in slowly.</p><p><br/></p><p>Dusty jacket.</p><p><br/></p><p>Tired eyes.</p><p><br/></p><p>But unmistakable.</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo gasped first.</p><p><br/></p><p>“No way…”</p><p><br/></p><p>Rylee whispered,</p><p><br/></p><p>“Is that…”</p><p><br/></p><p>I stood up slowly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Tavi?”</p><p><br/></p><p>The entire café froze.</p><p><br/></p><p>But Tavi didn’t speak.</p><p><br/></p><p>He simply stepped aside.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because someone else had walked in behind him.</p><p><br/></p><p>Someone none of us expected.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Farouk</strong>.</p><p><br/></p><p>Faye’s eyes widened.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Wait… what?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Farouk looked around the café like a man who had been waiting a long time to say something.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then he dropped the bomb.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Tavi didn’t disappear.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Silence.</p><p><br/></p><p>Farouk continued calmly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“He’s been working with me.”</p><p><br/></p><p>John frowned.</p><p><br/></p><p>“For what exactly?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Farouk smiled faintly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“For the real experiment.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo blinked.</p><p><br/></p><p>“What real experiment?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Farouk looked directly at Nimmatt and John.</p><p><br/></p><p>“You thought you were manipulating everyone.”</p><p><br/></p><p>He pointed toward the café.</p><p><br/></p><p>“But the entire time…”</p><p><br/></p><p>He paused.</p><p><br/></p><p>“…you were the ones being studied.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The room exploded into confused voices.</p><p><br/></p><p>Rylee laughed loudly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Hold on… HOLD ON.”</p><p><br/></p><p>“You mean this entire mess…”</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo finished the sentence.</p><p><br/></p><p>“…was a setup?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Tavi finally spoke for the first time.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Yes.”</p><p><br/></p><p>He looked directly at Nimmatt and John.</p><p><br/></p><p>“You wanted chaos.”</p><p><br/></p><p>He smiled faintly.</p><p><br/></p><p>“So we gave you a stage.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Then he looked toward me.</p><p><br/></p><p>“And we finally got the truth.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The café fell silent one last time.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because suddenly…</p><p><br/></p><p>Everything made sense. Or maybe not.</p><p><br/></p><p>---</p><p><strong><br/></strong></p><h3><strong>End of Season 1</strong></h3><p><br/></p><p>But as the café slowly returned to life…</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo leaned toward Rylee and whispered something that hinted the story was far from over.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Do you realize something?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Rylee frowned.</p><p><br/></p><p>“What?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Dolapo looked toward Tavi… then toward me.</p><p><br/></p><p>“We still don’t know who started the first lie.”</p><p><br/></p><p>Rylee blinked.</p><p><br/></p><p>“Oh.”</p><p><br/></p><p>The camera of the moment seemed to pull back from the café.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because somewhere…</p><p><em><sub><br/></sub></em></p><p><strong><em><sub>A New Tune was now playing. </sub></em></strong></p><p><br/></p><blockquote>🎶 But this time, it was someone else's playlist. </blockquote><blockquote>Whose tune would the Café regulars be dancing to this time?</blockquote><p style="text-align: right;"><strong><em><sub><br/></sub></em></strong></p><p style="text-align: right;"><strong><em><sub>Another story had already begun.</sub></em></strong></p><p><br/></p>
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