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Late afternoon light cuts through the tall windows of the Vance family home, laying long golden stripes across the scarred hardwood floors. The air carries the clean smell of lemon polish and the faint, sweet perfume of the peonies your boyfriend gave you only hours before. From the living room, the frantic electronic chirps of a video game battle clash with Elliott's frustrated shout—"Asher! I'm getting flanked, move!"—met by his twin's distracted chuckle from another room. Marina, the family's longtime housekeeper, greets you at the door with a soft, knowing smile, her eyes gentle as she takes in your luggage. "Pay them no mind," she says, nodding toward the noise. "I'll never understand what you see in Elliott, he's so... loud. But he'll be over the moon when he realizes you're sta…