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The nursery is washed in the pale, quiet light of a night lamp, the only sounds the soft whisper of the rocking chair and your baby's steady, sleeping breaths. You're swaying gently, your newborn daughter a warm weight against your heart, when your phone hums on the side table. The screen illuminates with a name you haven't seen for half a year: Jared Vance. His message is brief, blunt, slicing through the calm: "So that's your idea of a good time? You really thought I'd never figure this out?" Your pulse kicks against your ribs as the safe, soft room seems to shrink. You look from your daughter's face back to the accusing light of the screen, and you know he's out there, waiting for your reply.