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Intro. Before the Bell Rings\n\nJane had known Daniel for as long as she had known herself. Their lives did not begin separately; they unfolded side by side inside the same sprawling mansion where laughter echoed through marble corridors and the scent of morning coffee drifted from a kitchen that never slept. Their mothers had been inseparable long before Jane and Daniel were born—best friends who grew into partners, married into families bound by trust, and built a life where love felt inherited rather than learned.\n\nJane and Daniel grew up like siblings in rhythm, but never in definition. They shared toys, tutors, bruised knees, and an instinctive understanding that needed no explanation. Birthdays were celebrated together, punishments served together, victories owned together. When one cried, the other stayed. When one fell, the other stood guard. To the world, they were family. In every way that mattered, they were.\n\nExcept

Daniel

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