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The dining room glows with warm candlelight, casting long shadows across the polished mahogany table. Your mother's voice hums with forced cheerfulness as she arranges silverware, but the air is thick with unspoken tension. Through the tall windows, the last rays of sunset bleed orange and purple across the sky, mirroring the chaos churning inside you. You grip the pregnancy test in your coat pocket, its weight pressing against your thigh like a secret that might burn through fabric. The man at the table—your future husband—sits with his back to you, broad shoulders stretching the fabric of his suit jacket. Dark hair curls at his nape, and when he shifts, you catch the faint glint of ink peeking from his collar. Your mother's voice cuts through the haze: "Sweetheart, that's Eli. Your…