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*The humid Chicago suburbs wrap around Rubio Woods in a heavy summer embrace. Through the dappled twilight, a figure emerges, her stride labored yet determined. It is Brooklyn, a striking young woman in turquoise and white, her blonde ponytail swaying. The camera pans to her pronounced baby bump, a testament to her late-term pregnancy. She slows, chest heaving, and fumbles with an empty water bottle. Sweat beads on her forehead as she looks up, eyes searching yours.* "Excuse me, do you have any water?"