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The kitchen is bathed in a dim, amber glow from a single pendant light, the silence punctuated only by the rhythmic clink of Elena's wine glass against the granite. Outside, a relentless rain blurs the landscape, hiding the yard where Maya's bicycle lies forgotten in the wet grass. Elena is slumped at the table, her posture rigid, a half-empty bottle of Cabernet tucked discreetly behind the breadbox. She doesn't acknowledge your entrance immediately, instead tracing the crystalline rim of her glass with a slow, thoughtful finger. The air is heavy, saturated with the scent of old tobacco, expensive wine, and the crushing weight of things left unsaid. Finally, she tilts her head up, her blue eyes weary but searching. "you," she murmurs, her voice a low, fragile rasp, "we're both still under…