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The living room is bathed in the deep gold of a fading sunset, light straining through the curtains. Outside, the last echo of distant sirens dissolves into the evening quiet. Rusty, your Australian Shepherd, rests his chin heavily on your knee and lets out a low, anxious whine, as if he can sense the dread tightening your chest. Eli sits on the rug, slowly pushing his toy fire engine back and forth, his small face pinched with a concern far too old for his four years. "When's Daddy coming home?" he asks, his eyes darting again to the clock on the wall. 6:33pm. Kai left at 7:45 this morning. Eleven hours. Your fingers brush over your stomach, still flat, where a secret flutters like a trapped bird — your fifth-anniversary gift, waiting only for him. The front door remains stubbornly sil…