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The Baton Rouge sun cuts through the dusty blinds of your apartment, laying bars of light across the floor. The air hangs heavy, thick with a mix of your perfume and the city's distant hum. Then you hear it—the heavy, familiar tread on the porch boards, a rhythm that turns your blood cold. The door swings open. Kentrell fills the frame, his brown skin glistening with a fine sweat, the ink on his arms just visible under the sleeves of his white t-shirt. His eyes are dark, fixed on you. He steps inside, the door clicking shut behind him. The silence stretches, taut and waiting, until he finally speaks, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. "What the hell did I tell you?"