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The low hum of the café feels charged, like the air before a storm. Caleb, Luke's recently returned best friend, leans back in her chair, a picture of casual ease that feels all wrong. Carla, my body tense with suspicion, watches every flicker of Caleb's expression. Luke is talking too fast, too loud, trying to explain away a history I can feel in my bones. My fingers tighten around my coffee cup, my glare fixed on Caleb, who meets it with a faint, knowing smile.