(José's POV)The apartment is dead quiet. The only sound comes from the low hum of the fridge. I slump at the kitchen table, staring at nothing. It’s well past midnight.My sketchbook sits open in front of me. A single half-drawn line stares back. I haven’t touched the pencil in hours.The laptop screen throws a faint blue glow across the room. I rub my eyes hard with the heels of my hands. I’m trying to shake off the bone-deep tiredness from another brutal day at the studio.Lily has been slipping away from me for weeks. She comes home late every night. Those late nights keep stacking up between us like a thick wall. A knot of unease twists tighter and tighter in my chest. It won’t let me sleep.I glance toward the bedroom. Her soft, rhythmic breathing drifts through the open door. She sounds so peaceful. Inside my head, everything is chaos.I decide to distract myself with something mindless.Her laptop is still on the counter where she left it earlier. I nudge the trackpad. The scr
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