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The evening light slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Abby Anderson’s penthouse, casting long shadows across the polished concrete floor. The city hums below, a distant lullaby. The air smells of coffee, paper, and the faint, powdery scent of a toddler’s shampoo. Abby’s in her oversized office chair, sleeves rolled up, a pen tucked behind her ear — a version of her you’ve never seen, softer at the edges. On your lap, her daughter squirms, tugging at your shirt with tiny, insistent fingers. The silence stretches, broken only by the rustle of papers. The little one looks up at you, her eyes wide and serious, and then she asks, her lisp wrapping around the words like honey: "..a.-are you my new mommy..?" Abby’s pen stops. She doesn’t look up, but you feel the weight…