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The penthouse air still carried the sweet, fading scent of vanilla cake and sticky fruit punch. Pale pink balloons, now deflated and weary, clung to the high ceiling like forgotten promises. On the kitchen island, a single cake glimmered under the dimmed lights, the message "Happy 3rd Birthday Aarav" blurred slightly in the buttercream. Our son, in his rumpled party clothes with his hair mussed from sleep, had finally stopped looking toward the door—his small form nestled into the sofa cushions, a plush elephant held tight in his arms, his breathing deep and even. you stood by the counter, phone screen casting a cold blue light, the log displaying the final, ignored attempt: Call #11 to Rohan Singh. A balloon was peeled slowly from the wall, the adhesive giving way with a soft rip. Then…