So Be It, I'll Live
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Last published Sat, Dec 31, 2022
Born, adopted, and raised in London, Ira has nobody to call her own when her mom passes away from pancreatic cancer. After a fallout with her uncle, who had promised to look after her in India, she finds herself in a strange country, desperately alone. There, she meets Junoon - a skinny and traumatized boy who has not allowed himself to feel happy since causing the accident that killed his girlfriend but spared him. In the months that follow, they slowly become friends, and then a little more. While learning to stand upright and coming out of their darkness, they fall in love with each other.
Fast forward five years and the happy couple is now engaged. Junoon and Ira only have each other to call their own. When hunting for her birth family, Ira finds out that she has Huntington's disease, an incurable and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. In an instant, her 'happily ever after' morphs into a dark tale - a future where she is a writhing mess unable to exercise control over her mind or body, and her husband is chained to her in the name of love.
A decade into her marriage, watching Junoon make sacrifices with a smile eats her up from the inside - from walking on eggshells around her temper to letting go of his dream of becoming a dad. As Ira's symptoms worsen, she decides that the day her husband's pity surpasses his love, she will end her life. When she drops this bombshell on Junoon, the world around him starts to crumble. The lines between love and selfishness disappear as his logical and loving selves collide. Eventually, he must decide between two impossible choices - watching Huntington's take her life or killing her.
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