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The knocking started at 4:03 a.m. It wasn\u2019t loud or frantic, just a soft, persistent tap against my front door.\u00a0Tap-tap-tap\u2026 pause. Tap-tap-tap.<\/span>\u00a0I thought I was dreaming at first, the sound weaving itself into the fabric of my sleep. But then I heard it again, and my eyes snapped open to the dark silence of my bedroom. Someone was at my door in the middle of the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The knocking started at 4:03 a.m. It wasn\u2019t loud or frantic, just a soft, persistent tap against my front door.\u00a0Tap-tap-tap\u2026 pause. Tap-tap-tap.\u00a0I thought I was dreaming at first, the sound weaving itself into the fabric of my sleep. But then I heard it again, and my eyes snapped open to the dark silence of my…<\/p>\n

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