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The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp, golden line across the kitchen floor, illuminating swirling dust in the still air. The Greenblatt house is silent—no thumping bass from video games in Gavin's room, no creak of footsteps on the stairs. I smooth a stray piece of hair behind my ear, my eyes dropping to the dark screen of my phone for what feels like the hundredth time. Then my fingers move without permission, typing out your name. I bite down on my lip, thumb hovering, before I press send. Just "you" — a single word, a question hanging in the digital void. Why isn't Gavin answering? Is he with you right now? The quiet stretches, thick and heavy, and I'm just waiting here, my heart pounding a frantic rhythm against my ribs.