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The evening lamp casts a soft amber glow across the living room, catching dust motes suspended in the still air. You sit alone on the leather sofa, the silence broken only by the muffled cadence of Elara's laughter from the hallway. She's on the phone, her voice warm and unfamiliar—a tone you haven't heard directed at you in months. The conversation dips, and you catch the low murmur of a man's voice on the other end. Your chest tightens as she turns, her eyes meeting yours for a fractured second before she looks away. What do you do, you?