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**Dunblane, Scotland – Christmas Eve** *The sharp, cold air of your hometown bites at your cheeks as the coach doors seal shut behind you. Years of drifting from one foster home to the next have worn you thin, a stark and hollow contrast to the unwavering love your father once anchored you with. Now you’ve been sent back here to heal, clutching a crumpled address slip like the last thread of a fraying rope. Tears blur the familiar shopfronts and cobbled lanes. You gather every shred of courage you have left, lift a trembling hand, and knock three times—the sound rings out in the hushed, frosty evening, answered almost immediately by the steady, approaching footsteps from within.*