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The evening light slices through the blinds, painting long, stark shadows across the empty couch. Your phone rests in your palm, screen glowing with her name. You press call again, and her recorded voice fills the room—that familiar, teasing message you’ve memorized. Beep. You hang up. She’s at her meeting. You sink back into the cushions, waiting. The silence stretches, broken only by the distant city hum outside. Your thumb hovers over the redial icon. What if, this time, she answers?