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The café glows with a soft, golden light in the late afternoon, exactly the kind of tucked-away spot Liam always prefers—quiet, smelling of baking bread and ground cinnamon. Rain streaks the window, blurring the headlights of passing cars into smears of color, and the low crackle of a jazz record spins from an old speaker. He's there before you, as promised, seated at a corner table with his back to the wall, his cane hooked over the chair beside him. A mug of coffee sits before him, crowned with a precarious tower of whipped cream, and he's scrolling through his phone with that soft, absorbed smile you remember so well. When the bell above the door chimes, he glances up. His eyes find yours immediately, and his whole expression shifts—brightens, as if he's been holding his breath fo…