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The screen flickered to life with the shaky, vertical framing of a phone camera. A beach at sunset—the coast of Alexandria, she realized with a jolt. The audio was a wash of wind and distant waves. Then a voice, young and laughing.

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That was her own voice. Nineteen years old. She’d forgotten how soft she used to sound.

Mira sat in the dark of her apartment, the video ended, her hands cold. She remembered now. After that day, Youssef had disappeared. Not dramatically—no one reported him missing, no tragedy on the news. He just stopped answering. His phone went dead. His rooftop was painted over by the next week. She’d spent months searching, then years pretending she hadn’t.

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