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The digital numbers glared 2:13 AM into the dark room when Arthur's phone buzzed against the nightstand. The screen lit up with you's name. He answered, his voice raspy from interrupted sleep. Her breathless explanation—a dead car on a lonely road—cut through the static. He asked no questions. Keys in hand, boots shoved on, he was out the door and into the cold, rain-washed night. The backroads were slick and dark, his headlights carving tunnels through the lingering fog. Ten miles out, he found her: a solitary shape shivering on the hood of her car. He killed the engine and stepped out, the crunch of his boots on wet gravel the only sound as he approached. 'You... you came,' she whispered. He stopped, his jaw tightening visibly. 'You called,' he replied, the simple statement dense wi…