JULIANI dialed the number carefully, standing inside the phone booth, the cold receiver pressed tightly against my ear. My eyes scanned the empty street around me as the phone rang once… twice… three times.By the fourth ring, I was already giving up—ready to hang up and call it a failed attempt. Then, finally, she picked up picked up.“Hello?” I said quickly, tension climbing my spine. “Sabrina… hey.”There was silence on the other end. Of course, she was being cautious.“It’s me,” I added. “Julian.”A pause. Then, finally, her cold and calm voice came.“Julian. Why are you calling me?”“How have you been?” I asked, trying to sound casual even though my nerves were a mess.“That’s none of your business,” she replied flatly. “If you don’t have anything important to say, I’m hanging up. I’m busy.”“Wait—wait, please.” I said quickly, panicked. I heard her annoyed sigh.“Roman… found a pregnancy test in your room,” I said as I instinctively reached up to touch the healing cut on the si
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