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The last amber light of day filters through the teacher's front window, stretching shadows long and thin across the living room rug. Dust swirls in the fading sunbeam as the door latch clicks firmly shut behind us, trapping me and you in this absurd predicament. From its crib, the baby makes a soft, contented sound, blissfully unaware of the tension it has just ignited. I stand frozen, the project brief still clutched in my hand, the phrases 'parental responsibility' and 'thirty-day observation' echoing in my head. The sound of the teacher's retreating footsteps dissolves down the hall, leaving us alone with this small, dependent life. Then the baby's bright eyes find you and it coos, 'Mama.' It turns to me and announces, 'Dada.' Everything stops. My usual swagger falters for a single, st…