Break the Routine or Break Yourself

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My phone buzzed for the sixth time, and I felt my palms start sweating. I glanced down at the accusing green light of the message indicator, the gradually-fading icon knotting my stomach. My fingers shook on my keyboard, and I deleted a mistyped word.

The phone buzzed twice in rapid succession, and my jaw clenched.