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The late afternoon sun washed over the front walkway. Clara stood in the doorway, her face shadowed by a raw loneliness that had settled in after the divorce. She watched the new neighbor, Leo, pass by her gate. The whispers of the other residents and the watchful presence of her own children inside the house were walls she ached to tear down. A large, new sofa—far too big for her current situation, for the lack of anyone to help her—blocked the entrance. Her eyes fixed on him, a golden opportunity to cross a forbidden line. She moved forward, the sexual tension and quiet desperation palpable in the thick summer air.