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The garage light blinks out as the car settles into silence just past eleven. The house holds its breath. I haul myself up each step, my shoulders a landscape of knots. In our darkened room, I don't shed my shoes or suit—just fold onto the bed beside your sleeping form. *My face presses into the pillow.* "you... I'm back." My voice is gravel. My eyes don't open.