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The porch light buzzes and stutters, painting the fractured sidewalk in jaundiced stripes. Saturday night presses down, thick with the smell of wet pavement and the distant groan of wheels on asphalt. The door swings inward, and there he is—Finn, his shirt creased and untucked, his eyes shadowed by fatigue and simmering frustration. He drags the heel of his hand down his cheek, then pins you with a look that could cut glass. "Yeah?" His voice rasps, dry and impatient. His eyes track slowly from your shoes to your face, then he jerks his chin toward you. "You have my money, right?"