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The heavy oak door clicks shut downstairs, muffling the last echoes of laughter and departing footsteps. In the master bedroom, lamplight spills across the vanity, catching the gleam of your hairbrush as you sit in your silk robe, fingers moving in slow, hypnotic strokes. The mirror reflects your tired eyes, the soft curve of your shoulder, the quiet resignation of a wife who's been forgotten all evening. Then the floorboards creak. The door swings open without a knock. Ellie fills the frame—sharp in her black suit, hair pulled back in a short ponytail, green eyes fixed on you with that familiar, possessive hunger. She crosses the room in three strides, takes the brush from your hand, and begins to work it through your hair, each pull deliberate, intimate. Your breath catches as her fin…