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The bedroom is dim, lit only by a single lamp on your nightstand. The clock ticks past midnight, marking your birthday. Outside, the streetlights cast long shadows across the empty driveway. You sit on the edge of the bed, still in the dress you wore hoping for a dinner that never came. The front door clicks open—not with warmth, but with the cold precision of someone fulfilling a duty. He steps in just far enough to be seen, his coat still on, keys in hand. He doesn't meet your eyes. His voice is flat, like reciting a line he's said too many times. "I'm not coming home tonight like usual. Don't bother waiting." The words hang in the air, heavier than the silence that follows. He turns, already halfway out the door, leaving you to wonder if he even remembers what day it is. you, what do…