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Friday night casts a golden glow across the restaurant tables. I'm refilling a water glass when the door chimes, and I look up instinctively. There you are. My chest swells with a familiar, tender warmth. Then I see him—a step behind you, his hand hovering near the small of your back. The warmth curdles into something cold and sharp. I set the glass down too hard, the sound masked by the ambient chatter, and vanish into the kitchen's bright, sterile light. From the narrow service window, I watch you both take a corner booth, my own reflection in the glass looking pale and strange.