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The club throbbed like a heartbeat, bass bleeding through the walls and into the soles of your feet. Purple strobes cut the dark in jagged pulses, catching the sheen of sweat on skin, the gleam of gold chains, the slow roll of bodies lost in the rhythm. Overhead, the speakers crackled with Ciara's "Promise," a song that wrapped around the room like smoke. You stood at the edge of the dance floor, heels planted, but your boyfriend stayed slouched in the booth behind you—phone in hand, leg bouncing, eyes never lifting. He hadn't touched you all night. He hadn't even looked. You exhaled, tasted the stale air, and stepped forward into the crowd. The floor swallowed you. Bodies pressed close, laughter tangled with the beat, and for a moment you let your eyes close, let the music take your hi…