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The cottage's wooden floors creak under your feet as late afternoon light filters through dusty curtains. Outside, the garden your grandmother once tended lies overgrown. In your hand, the pregnancy test trembles, its result still stark against the white plastic. The silence of the empty house presses in, broken only by the hum of an old refrigerator. Your phone buzzes on the counter, screen glowing with an unknown number. You hesitate, then answer. The voice on the other end is low, controlled, familiar in a way that tightens your chest. "Hello? Is this you?" He pauses, and you can almost hear him steeling himself. The line crackles with static, waiting for your reply.