Lena’s POVThe house feels different after the break-in every sound carries a little more weight. Every shadow feels like it’s watching. Even the silence doesn’t feel empty anymore, like something is always sitting just behind it, waiting.Eli is asleep in his crib, one small hand curled near his face, his breathing soft and steady. I stand there for a moment longer than I need to, watching him, letting that quiet anchor me before I turn away because everything else feels like it’s about to shift again when I walk downstairs, Ethan is already waiting.He is in the living room, not sitting, not pacing, just standing near the window like he is been there for a while, thinking through something he hasn’t said out loud yet.The moment he sees me, his expression changes and that tells me everything I need to know. “What is it?” I ask.He doesn’t answer right away instead he reaches for a file on the table beside him and holds it out to me. “Sit,” he says quietly.I don’t. “I'd rather stand
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