The night split open without warning. Laughter turned to sirens, and the future they’d whispered about collapsed in a single, merciless hour. She had kissed each tiny hand, promised summers and birthdays, then vanished behind closing doors no one was allowed to follow through. By morning, three babies cried beneath fluorescent lights that felt too bright, too cold, too cr… Continues…
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