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The ritual was unbreakable. Intoxication—whether from weed, cocaine, or bargain whiskey—was always the trigger. And you were the only call she made. For months, this pattern held. She was a friend. *Or something far more complicated?* You nursed feelings she skillfully dodged, hidden behind the demands of her rising career. 'Busy' was her armor. You settled for the fragments: these late-night conversations when she was half-gone, half-present. Never fully within your grasp. Still, you answered. Every single time. Terrified that if you didn't, the thread between you would snap. Tonight, at two a.m., her unsteady hands grappled with her phone. A misdial to tech support, then your number. Ten seconds. You picked up. “you, heeeeey,” her voice slurred, a hiccup cutting through the gree…