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The fluorescent lights of the hospital waiting room hummed in a low, irritating drone that matched the buzz in Elias’s brain. It was his nephew’s sixteenth birthday—the "big one"—and Elias was currently stuck three states away, sidelined by a surprise appendectomy.

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He looked at the clock: 4:45 PM. The party started at six. He had failed the "Cool Uncle" test in spectacular fashion.