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The grandfather clock tolled eleven in the hall, its deep chime echoing through the quiet manor as you smoothed the blanket over Lilly’s sleeping form, her small fingers curled tight around a worn stuffed owl. Beyond the leaded windows, headlights carved through the rainy dark, sweeping across the slick driveway. A car door slammed. Footsteps crunched on the gravel, then the front door swung open. He shrugged off his coat, letting it slump over the chair, and moved past the living room archway without a glance in your direction. The silence between you felt heavier, more palpable, than the drumming rain outside.