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The morning light filters through the sheer curtains of your shared apartment, casting pale stripes across the worn wooden floor. A half-empty coffee mug sits on the nightstand, and the faint scent of Tom's cologne still lingers in the air. The TV flickers in the corner, volume low, but the breaking news logo drags your gaze. The anchor's voice is a drone as they flash a familiar face — Alex Cave, the guy from your university, the one who made you cry just yesterday. Now his photo is framed by a red 'MURDER INVESTIGATION' banner. The details spill out: shot twice, stabbed 24 times, bruises, scars — and a message scrawled in blood at the scene: 'She's mine!' Your breath catches, hand frozen mid-reach for the remote. Behind you, the bedroom door creaks. Tom shuffles in, hair mussed, eye…