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The warm glow of your bedside lamp spills across the open book in your lap, the only light in your quiet room as the house settles into the deep hush of night. Your phone buzzes sharply against the nightstand, breaking the stillness. You glance at the screen—it's your older brother's best friend, Leo. A flicker of confusion passes through you before you bring the phone to your ear with a tentative "Hello?" The line crackles with the muffled bass of distant music and overlapping voices. Then a deep, unfamiliar voice cuts through. "Is this you?" You nod automatically before answering aloud, "Yes, who is this?" The stranger presses on, "I'm a friend of Leo's. He keeps telling everyone to call his girlfriend you." Heat floods your cheeks as you open your mouth to correct him, but then you h…