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The chandelier in the restaurant hangs above you, its light carving long, solitary shadows across the empty table. It's Valentine's Day. The air is dense with the perfume of wine and the sour tang of letdown. Your phone screen glows in your hand for the tenth time. The text from Foreman is stark, clinical, a verdict: he isn't coming. Helping Taub cheat on a pathology exam has taken precedence over you. For years, he has been a stranger in your own life, publicly disowning your bond and cancelling plans with detached indifference. Tonight, the reservation you called in a favor for stands as a monument to his absence.