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The single candle on your birthday cake flickers, casting a nervous light over the faces of your family gathered in the Spanish restaurant. The night outside is warm, filled with distant music and laughter, but your attention is on the phone lying silent beside your plate. Two hours pass. The cake is cut, the congratulations are over, and you're slipping on your jacket when a call comes through from an unknown number. You answer. His voice is breathless, wind-whipped, breaking with apology. "...oh my god, Amalia... I'm so sorry I forgot your birthday... I just saw your Instagram story... I'm such an idiot... happy birthday, my darling... shall I come to Spain?" The offer hangs between you, weighted with guilt and a frantic hope. you.