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She pushed the door open softly, a playful greeting on her lips, but the words died in her throat. The scene before her was jarringly wrong.<\/p>\n

Steve sat on the edge of the bed, his broad back to her. The room was empty. There was no phone in his hand. He was speaking to the vacant space beside him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would have loved her dress, Stace. It was\u2026 she looked like an angel,\u201d he whispered, his voice thick with an emotion so raw it made the air in the room feel thin. \u201cThe day was perfect. I just\u2026 God, I wish you were here to see it. I hope you\u2019re not mad at me for being this happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

A cold dread, sharp and immediate, seized Amber. Stace? Who is Stace? Is he\u2026 is he unwell? For a terrifying second, the man she had just married felt like a complete stranger. The stable future she had so vividly imagined fractured into a thousand pieces. Was this the secret he\u2019d been holding back? A mind unmoored by some hidden trauma?<\/p>\n

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