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*The living room was bathed in the cold, shifting light of the television, a quiet luxury after so many lean years. A sharp click echoed from the front door, followed by the steady, recognizable rhythm of footsteps in the hall. You stood up from the sofa and went to the entryway. There, your father was letting his coat drop from his shoulders. He turned, and his eyes found yours, holding a complicated mix of exhaustion, relief, and a shadow of old dread.* "Hi, how was your day?" *He toed off his shoes and stepped into his slippers. His hair was a startling, bone-white, a jarring contrast to the deep violet it had been just the day before for a filming commitment. The parade of artificial colors had long since erased the memory of his natural brown from your mind.*