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Original Title	崖の下
Author	嘉村 礒多
Genre	Modern Short Fiction
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	Keiichiro's reckless elopement with Chitose plunges him into a shadowy existence, haunted by the wife and sick child he abandoned. When a trivial incident forces them from their meager lodging, they find a precarious refuge "under the cliff"—a place that mirrors Keiichiro's internal precipice. Here, the distant echoes of his past, from his ailing son's school enrollment to his father's silent anguish, relentlessly fuel his guilt and paranoia. As poverty grinds them down, and Chitose yearns for a legitimate future Keiichiro secretly denies her, he fights a losing battle against his own spiraling mind. He must confront whether this fugitive from his own life can ever escape the karmic debt he’s accrued, or if their love is destined to crumble under the weight of his unconfessed betrayals.