Conversations stopped.
Music faded into awkward silence.
Daniel stared at the terminal as though the machine had personally betrayed him.
Around the room, whispers began spreading quickly from table to table as guests realized that the celebration designed to mock me had suddenly turned into something far more embarrassing.
The Call That Came First
Several hundred miles away, I sat on the balcony of my penthouse apartment overlooking the evening skyline of Austin, Texas, enjoying a quiet glass of red wine while watching the lights of the city shimmer beneath the darkening sky.
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