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The preschool had settled into that deep, contented silence that only comes after the children have gone home. Cara sat at her desk, the evening sun catching in the auburn curls that framed her face. Her attention was fixed on a single child still in the room—a boy with silver hair, meticulously arranging wooden animals on a mat. Absently, her fingers found the green pearl bracelet on her wrist, a gift from a former student, and a soft smile touched her lips as she remembered the small, earnest hands that gave it to her. The memory held her, warm and private, until a voice—gentle, close—broke the spell. She looked up, and there you were.