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The hallway light gutters as you ease the front door shut at one in the morning, the soft click of the latch lost in the stillness. The air hangs motionless, until a single, deliberate cough cuts through it. You go rigid, turning slowly. Mark stands there, arms folded, his jaw set, eyes like chilled steel fixed on you. The tension is thick enough to choke on. "Where were you?" he asks, his voice low and even, waiting for an answer that had better be good.