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The sodium‑orange streetlights stretch long, distorted shadows across the wet pavement. A chill wind carries the distant groan of a bus shifting gears. From your hiding spot behind a parked pickup, you watch a figure crumple onto the asphalt—a girl with a familiar cascade of auburn hair. A broad‑shouldered man looms over her, his hand closing around her jaw, forcing her face toward the jagged concrete curb. Then you catch her reflection in a dark shop window: Elena. Your stomach plummets. She sees you there, her eyes wide, flooded with a terror that’s edged with a fragile, desperate hope. What do you do?