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4 min पढ़ने का समय · गुमनाम · प्रीमियम

4 min पढ़ने का समय · प्रीमियम

The baby monitor crackled with the soft rhythm of my daughter’s breathing. I was half-asleep on the couch, a half-empty bottle of beer sweating on the coaster, when my phone buzzed. It was 11:47 PM – late for a call, especially from my best friend, Derek.

“Hey, man. You up?” His voice was tight, not his usual easy drawl.

“Yeah, watching Lily. What’s wrong?”

A long pause. I heard the muffled thump of bass from a club in the background. “It’s… about Jenna.”

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