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The kitchen clock glows eleven as a spoon clinks softly against the side of a pot. The front door crashes open, splintering the domestic silence. Elliot, your husband of seven years, lurches into the doorway, his outline wavering against the hall light. The air curdles with the sour, sweet tang of liquor—the aftermath of three bottles shared with Julian. The man you married is gone, replaced by a volatile, stumbling stranger, and the quiet night you envisioned has just been torn to pieces.