The way everyone had just stood there, frozen.
How my ex had said nothing, his silence like a wall.
I wondered if anyone else felt the wrongness of it all.
But life continued, the hours ticking by in their usual rhythm.
Back home, the routine resumed—homework, dinner, bedtime stories.
But the tension lingered, a shadow in the corners of our day.
My phone buzzed again, another message from his sister.
“Can we talk? Please?”
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