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But we had no idea what lay ahead.<\/p>\n

At first, everything seemed more than fine\u2014it felt magical. The boys acted like brothers. Mornings became smoother. Dinner was louder, filled with jokes and giggles. Weekends disappeared into bike rides, soccer games, and backyard forts.<\/p>\n

But slowly, cracks began to show.<\/p>\n

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Zayden started having nightmares\u2014screams so intense they left his throat raw. He couldn\u2019t tolerate loud noises. He avoided cars entirely. Sometimes, when we thought he was playing, we\u2019d find him curled up in the closet, rocking back and forth.<\/p>\n

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But we had no idea what lay ahead. At first, everything seemed more than fine\u2014it felt magical. The boys acted like brothers. Mornings became smoother. Dinner was louder, filled with jokes and giggles. Weekends disappeared into bike rides, soccer games, and backyard forts. But slowly, cracks began to show. For illustrative purposes only Zayden started…<\/p>\n

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