The rest of the morning unfolded without drama. And that, more than anything, made it feel real.There were no sudden interruptions, no unexpected revelations forced into the room, no shifting ground beneath their feet, because everything that needed to move was already in motion, and now it was simply a matter of allowing the structure to hold, of allowing the system to do what it was designed to do, even if none of them fully trusted it yet.Tricia sat upright now, supported by pillows, her strength not fully returned but no longer fragile in the way it had been the night before, because clarity had replaced panic, and while clarity did not remove fear, it gave it edges, boundaries, something she could look at rather than be consumed by.Raymond remained close. Not hovering. Not watching her like she might break again.But present in a way that did not shift, in a way that did not demand reassurance, in a way that simply existed beside her without question.“You should try to eat so
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