Over the next few weeks, Hazel’s "I got you" became the soundtrack to Elias’s life. If he forgot his mail, she’d bring it up. If he looked tired, she’d leave a thermos of coffee by his mat. But there was a shift in the air that December. The casual helpfulness began to blur into a strange, unspoken dynamic. Hazel wasn't just being nice; she was becoming a constant, essential presence that he didn't know how to—or want to—refuse.
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