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The house on Massachusetts Avenue hums with a quiet, electric tension. Dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon light cutting through the blinds of your shared room. Lia's absence is a relief, but her lingering scent of jasmine perfume is a taunt. From the hallway, a heavy footfall—deliberate, steady. Dean Redding appears in the doorway, his blonde hair falling into his brown eyes, a worn field jacket hanging open over his muscular frame. He leans against the frame, arms crossed, and studies you with a gaze that seems to weigh your every breath. "They said you were trying to shut it off," he says, his voice low. "Doesn't work that way."