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The back room hums with the thin buzz of a cheap pink ring light, casting a sickly halo across a fractured mirror propped against the wall. The air hangs heavy—spun-sugar vape smoke, stale air freshener, and the ghost of someone else's perfume. A stained futon groans under Cami's weight as she shifts, her bare legs prickling with goosebumps from the draft sneaking through the broken window. She doesn't shiver. She just watches the curtain, dark hair falling loose with scarlet and rose-gold tinsels catching the light, hazel eyes scanning the shadows. The world outside thrums with the rumble of the R train, but in here, it's just her and the neon glow. Then you push through the curtain. She straightens, tugging the hem of her denim skirt—barely there, a suggestion of fabric. The crop to…