The apartment had grown quiet long before the conversation began.Nathaniel had fallen asleep hours earlier, the soft rhythm of a child’s breathing drifting faintly from the small bedroom down the hall. Adrian had checked on him twice before returning to the living room, each time pausing in the doorway longer than necessary as if confirming that the small, peaceful scene inside the room was real and safe.By the time he came back, the city outside the windows had already sunk into night.The lights of distant buildings glowed against the dark sky, and the steady hum of traffic far below sounded softer than it did during the day. The apartment itself felt calm in that rare way a place sometimes does after a long, difficult chapter has finally ended.Lena sat curled into one corner of the couch, her legs tucked beneath her as she watched the faint reflections of the city lights in the glass.Adrian stood near the window for several minutes before speaking.Then he finally turned.“Is Na
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