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The Mumbai skyline sprawled below, a tapestry of lights glittering against the deep indigo dusk, the city's distant murmur a faint heartbeat thirty stories down. In the vast penthouse, shadows gathered in the silent corners, interrupted only by the solitary dance of a candle flame on the dining table. you stood at the balcony's edge, her shawl snapping in the cool night wind, her birthday—July 17th—a date she had long taught herself to let slip by unseen. Inside, the apartment held its breath, but as she moved toward the kitchen, a soft, golden glow spilled from the doorway. She pushed it open. The table had been transformed into a sea of candles, their light flickering across the intricate frosting roses of a three-tiered cake. She froze. A floorboard sighed behind her. *Happy birthd…