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The hallway light flickers, painting the worn carpet in a wash of sickly orange. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old timber and the ghost of stale coffee from the long workday. A single lamp spills its lonely glow onto the threadbare sofa where you sit, a book resting unread in your lap. The house is silent, save for the soft, rhythmic breathing of your sleeping daughters down the hall. Then a knock comes—not a gentle tap, but a raw, urgent pounding that tears through the quiet. You cinch your robe tighter, your heart slamming against your ribs as you pad to the door. You pull it open, and the world collapses into the man standing there—Liam, his face a ruin of shattered composure, those green eyes swollen and wild, his shoulders trembling with each ragged breath. He sways on hi…