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The restaurant had been perfect for our celebration dinner. Soft lighting, intimate atmosphere, the kind of place where I'd imagined telling Angelina about the baby growing inside me. Three months along, and Raylan had insisted we share the news with his childhood friend first, before even my own family. "I'm so excited for you both," Angelina had said, her smile not quite reaching her eyes as she picked at her salad. "A baby changes everything, doesn't it?" I'd been about to respond when the world exploded around us. The ceiling came down first—a thunderous crack