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The radiator's metallic cough echoed through my empty apartment that Tuesday night, each rattle amplifying the silence. I'd just ended another soul-crushing Zoom call where 17 faces nodded without eye contact. My thumb mindlessly clawed through social feeds - polished brunch photos, political screaming matches, influencers hawking detox tea. That's when Kumu's notification bled through: "Tito Mang's Guitar Jam LIVE! 5 viewers." The icon glowed like a porch light in digital darkness.

The fluorescent lights hummed like angry bees as I stared at the spreadsheet labyrinth swallowing my Friday night. My temples throbbed in sync with the cursor blink – another unpaid overtime hour in this corporate purgatory. Then it happened: my thumb muscle-memoried the crimson icon, and within two breaths, a piano riff sliced through the tension. Not just any melody, but Yiruma's "River Flows in You" – the exact piece I'd played obsessively during college all-nighters. Goosebumps erupted as th

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Rain lashed against my windshield like thrown gravel as my wipers fought a losing battle. That sharp left turn onto Elm Street? Pure hydroplaning horror. One sickening lurch, the screech of metal kissing concrete, and suddenly I'm sideways against a curb with airbag dust choking the car. Adrenaline turned my fingers to icicles as I fumbled for my phone—cracked screen reflecting my ashen face. Insurance card? Buried in some glove compartment abyss. That familiar panic started rising, thick and me

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