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Aug 19, 2026
The heavy oak door of the storage room loomed at the end of the dark hallway like a monument to betrayal. Every instinct in my body screamed against turning the handle, yet the suffocating weight of Lily’s whispered warning pushed me forward. I gently handed frail little Tommy back to Lily, who clutched him against her chest with a fierce, desperate protectiveness that broke my heart.