A two-hour bedtime story for grownups. Settle in.The lighthouse stops working on a Tuesday in October. For Elara, who grew up in its beam, the silence is enormous. What she finds inside the silence changes her. This is a story about a daughter, her father, a long-vanished mother, and the slow sacred work of sitting in the dark.🌙 Listen with the lights low. Let it carry you all the way down.This episode was created with AI assistance for narrative structure and prose composition, with original creative writing crafted specifically for this bedtime story. The voice narration and emotional pacing are designed to support the transition into sleep across the full two-hour runtime.CHAPTERS00:00 — Welcome02:30 — Host Intro: I am Rose05:00 — Recognize: Permission to rest08:00 — Hook: The night the lighthouse stopped11:00 — Chapter 1: The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter22:00 — Chapter 2: The Night the Light Went Out33:00 — Chapter 3: The First Hour of Dark44:00 — Chapter 4: The House Without Its Pulse55:00 — Chapter 5: The Long Walk65:00 — Chapter 6: The Dinner and the Dark75:00 — Chapter 7: The Hour Before Midnight85:00 — Chapter 8: The Repairman94:00 — Chapter 9: The Second Night104:00 — Chapter 10: The Middle of the Dark114:00 — Chapter 11: The Visitor125:00 — Chapter 12: The Dark That Heals134:00 — Chapter 13: The Light Returns143:00 — Chapter 14: The Days That Followed153:00 — Chapter 15: The Letters in the Drawer163:00 — Chapter 16: The Storm172:00 — Chapter 17: The Morning After181:00 — Chapter 18: The Conversation by the Stove192:00 — Chapter 19: The Visit to the Grave203:00 — Chapter 20: The Return214:00 — Chapter 21: The Quiet Between Breaths224:00 — Chapter 22: The Letter She Did Not Send233:00 — Reflection: Stillness Is Not Emptiness238:00 — Background Pause244:00 — Warm OutroKEYWORDS: bedtime story for grownups, sleep story, lighthouse story, stillness, daughter and father, two hour sleep story, calming fiction, dreamlike narrative, long bedtime story, sleep meditation, soft spoken fiction, deep sleep story.This episode was created with AI assistance. The narrative, prose, chapter structure, sensory details, and emotional arc were generated for this specific episode. The voice is a custom synthetic narrator chosen for its warm, slow pacing suitable for sleep onset. No specific tools or vendors are referenced.DISCLAIMER 📢Bedtime Sleep Stories For Grownups is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates.Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law.This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos.👉 Check our Patreon👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7!🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

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