Exemplum: The Cup and the Perfume

The Cup and the Perfume — A quiet, suspenseful short told through an old man’s eyes as he senses small disturbances in his home: a moved cup, a familiar perfume, a cry in the night. As memory and presence blur, he discovers his granddaughter has moved in with her baby—and that he himself has already slipped beyond. What begins as panic softens into release, love, and legacy as he learns to let the living take the lead.