CONGRATULATIONS
Yannis stepped out onto the quiet hospital balcony, his phone clutched tightly in one hand. The city lights stretched endlessly in the distance, but his world had narrowed to the single hospital room just behind him — and the woman inside it, sleeping peacefully with a tiny new life inside her. He exhaled slowly, then tapped the screen. Adrian The phone rang twice before Adrian picked up. "Tell me she's okay." "She's okay," Yannis said softly. "More than okay." There was a long pause. Then Adrian's voice came again, lower, sharper. "What's going on?" Yannis rubbed the back of his neck. "You might want to sit down." "I'm already in my car. Just talk." Yannis let out a laugh — short, disbelieving. "She's pregnant." Silence. Like the call had dropped. "Adrian?" Still nothing. "Sa
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