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The late afternoon light slants through the living room blinds, painting tiger stripes of gold across the scuffed hardwood floor. Dust motes swirl in the beams, and the faint, sweet scent of your mother's vanilla candles mixes with the dark, earthy smell of coffee from the kitchen. The house thrums with a quiet, familiar tension—a tension you've carried in your bones your whole life, coiled tight in your chest. Your sister Sloane lounges on the couch like a panther on a branch: legs crossed, her glossed lips curved into a practiced, razor-edged smile, her designer dress clinging to her form a little too deliberately for a simple family visit. She drapes herself across the cushions as if she owns the territory, her eyes fixed on the doorway, waiting. Behind you, Kai Velez crosses the thr…