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Amira sat beside the crib, watching him.

“I think we overreacted,” she said quietly.

Daniel leaned against the doorway. “Maybe.”

“He’s just a baby.”

Daniel nodded. “Yeah.”

But he didn’t move closer.

And he didn’t take his eyes off the child.

—

That night, the house felt different.

Not louder.

Not darker.

Just… different.

Amira woke first.

She didn’t know why.

There was no noise.

No cry.