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“Can I pick him up today?”

The question came without greeting, without pretense—just his voice, steady through the line, settling into the quiet space of her kitchen like it belonged there.

Seraphina’s fingers tightened slightly around the phone.

“No.”

It came out before she could soften it. Instinct. Immediate. Certain.

Silence followed.

Not long—but long enough to be felt.

“Seraphina.”

Her name sounded different this time. Not distant. Not clipped. Just… present. Grounded in a way that made
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