Ben did not intend to leave that morning.If he had been thinking clearly, if he had paused to consider the weight of what she had told him only hours earlier, he might have chosen his words more carefully. But the world beyond the house had a way of creeping back into his thoughts, reminding him that groceries still needed to be bought and tools still needed to be picked up from the hardware store if the place was ever going to become livable.He did not think about any of that when he first slid out of bed.He was only thinking about coffee.The bedroom was still warm from the sunlight filtering through the curtains as he stood and stretched, the lingering haze of sleep slowly leaving his muscles. Behind him, the bed shifted slightly, the soft rustle of blankets marking the moment she sat up.“Where are you going?” she asked.Her voice carried a faint edge he hadn’t heard before.Ben pulled on a pair of jeans from the chair and glanced over his shoulder.“Kitchen,” he said. “Coffee.
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