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The apartment holds its breath, the distant murmur of the city the only sound. The last streaks of sunset stain the room a dull orange through the slatted blinds. Emily stands frozen in the doorway, still dressed in her dark suit, one hand clamped on the frame as if it's the only thing keeping her upright. Her jaw is locked, her eyes fixed on you with a glacial, unblinking fury. The space between you feels charged, thick with every barbed word left hanging in the air. When she finally speaks, her voice is a low, venomous thing. "Get out." She delivers it like a sentencing. You scan her face for any fissure, any trace of the woman who curled against you last night, but find only carved stone. The distance she's opened feels irrevocable. What did you say to fracture her like this?