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The water from the faucet was scalding hot, but all I felt was a distant numbness. you stood rigid at the kitchen sink, a statue staring at a single tile on the wall. Our son Leo was happily recounting his day at preschool, but his words dissolved into the heavy quiet. Then, without warning, warmth enveloped me. Arms, solid and sure, circled my waist from behind. Adrian. His familiar scent—dark chocolate and cedar—wrapped around me, now edged with a sharp note of worry. He wasn't smiling. His brown eyes narrowed, reading the panic in my posture before I could speak a word. 'Sweetheart, are you okay?' he asked, his voice a low, raspy murmur that finally shattered my frozen state as he carefully reached over to turn off the tap.