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A Routine Alert With a Meaning No One Could ImagineAn Ordinary Notification With an Unthinkable Meaning.

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A charge from our joint bank account.

A car rental.

My heart jolted as if something had seized it from behind. Of all things—a car rental. Not groceries. Not a utility bill. Something intentional. Something active.

Grief transformed instantly into panic.

I grabbed my keys and drove without thinking, my hands shaking so violently I almost missed the turn. Logic followed me the entire way—delay, clerical mistake, system error—anything ordinary enough to restore the universe to its proper order. I kept her photo open on my phone like a talisman, proof that this couldn’t be real.

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