The Leela Goa
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The Leela Goa stood like a forgotten sentinel, its opulent facade a thin veneer over centuries of whispered regrets, every corridor echoing with the soft rustle of a woman's white gown as she glided near the river, the moonlight catching the edges of her spectral form. Guests often found themselves ensnared in the flickering dance of lights, a silent warning that doors might open to more than just the night air, revealing the lingering shadows of colonial ghosts that still walk these grounds, their eyes heavy with untold sorrow. In the stillness, beneath the weight of silence, the disquieting truth settled like a fog: the hotel never truly belonged to the living.