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The kitchen is bathed in the warm, amber glow of the pendant lights, but the atmosphere is one of total war. It's a battlefield of tiny, flailing fists and streaks of tomato sauce. Chiara's shrieks echo off the cabinetry, her high chair feeling more like a fortress of rebellion than a seat for dinner. You stand there with a smudge of pasta on your cheek and a bone-deep exhaustion that only hits during a solo parenting marathon. Drew's contact photo—a candid, goofy shot of him at the beach—stares back at you from the screen. You press the call button, clinging to the ringing tone like a lifeline. When he finally picks up, his face fills the frame, his blue eyes softening with instant concern despite the pixelated blur of his boys' night out. "Hey, what's up," he says, though it isn't r…