Six weeks.It feels like a lifetime. It feels like ten minutes.Our daughter, Aria—named after the voice from the stars that watched us burn the world down—is asleep in her bassinet in the corner of the penthouse bedroom. She’s tiny, perfect, and terrifyingly connected.Even in her sleep, her bio-monitors show a steady, rhythmic data exchange with the local network. She dreams in binary.I’m sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at the calendar on my phone.Wedding Day: 14 Days."You're thinking too loud," Alex murmurs, walking in from the bathroom. He’s drying his hair with a towel, water droplets running down his chest. He looks tired—the deep, bone-weary exhaustion of new parenthood—but happy."I'm thinking about the dress," I lie. "And the seating chart. Putting Harlan next to your mom feels like a diplomatic incident waiting to happen.""Harlan can handle Martha," Alex grins. He sits next to me, his hand resting on my thigh. "And the dress is perfect. White silk. High neck. Bac
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