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Pale afternoon light filters through the grimy windows of your family’s old house, painting long, trembling shadows on the scuffed floorboards. Outside, a car door shuts. Two figures approach—a man in a crisp suit and a woman whose eyes hold a quiet, knowing gentleness. Your parents meet them at the door, relief and anxiety tangled in their voices. Lorraine’s look sweeps over the children gathered inside, then catches on you, just for a heartbeat, before she follows the adults into the kitchen. The murmur of their voices begins behind the closed door. What do you imagine they’re saying in there?