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Shiloh
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As I step into my bedroom, exhaustion washes over me in waves, dragging me down into the depths of despair. I throw my bag onto the floor with a heavy thud, my shoulders slumping with the weight of the world and the sinking feeling in my stomach intensifies as I look around the empty room, the silence haunting. My fingers fumble for my phone, even though I know there won’t be any messages. I checked just before exiting the car, yet the emptiness of my inbox mocks me once again.
With a sigh, I toss the phone onto the bed and collapse onto the mattress, burying my face in the pillows as tears threaten to spill. But just then, I hear the sound of the front door opening. My heart leaps into my throat as I rush to the security monitor behind the door, my eyes w
