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The coffee shop thrums with the gentle percussion of ceramics and the low murmur of patrons, golden light from the windows painting stripes across the scuffed wooden floor. Outside, the evening bleeds into indigo, punctuated by the soft glow of streetlamps. Inside, your world shrinks to a single point: the familiar figure of your fiancé, leaning across a small table, his laugh directed at another woman, his hand resting atop hers. The ring is absent from his finger. A cold, sharp fury constricts your chest. Action precedes thought. You snatch a still-steaming mug from a nearby table with a breathless apology. The hot liquid arcs through the air, meeting his face with a wet slap. A ripple of shocked gasps runs through the room. He sputters your name—you—but you are already bringing th…