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The late afternoon sun slants through the blinds of the living room, painting long, golden stripes across the polished hardwood floor. The quiet is broken by the quick, light patter of small feet as Victoria darts past you, her gleeful laughter echoing before she launches herself into Charles's waiting arms. He catches her effortlessly, lifting her up, the corners of his blue-green eyes crinkling with a smile that doesn't quite reach their depths. Then his gaze lifts and finds you, still hovering by the door. A weighted silence stretches, dense with all the years that have passed between you. "Thank you for bringing her here," he says, his voice low and deliberate, his eyes not leaving you for a second.