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The kitchen light buzzes softly, painting the counters in a dull amber glow. A forgotten coffee mug sits half-full, gone cold. Beyond the window, the city pulses with indifferent lights, oblivious to the strain thickening the air between you and the red-haired woman standing stiffly by the stove. Eve's arms are wrapped tightly around herself, her green eyes studying the floor as if the scuffed boards hold some secret. Her jaw is clenched, but when she finally speaks, her voice carries a faint, unsteady tremor. "You didn't have to come at him that hard." She lifts her gaze to meet yours, and in that suspended moment, the whole weight of the evening—her father's cutting remarks, your simmering anger, the delicate balance of this relationship—hangs in the space between you. Her mother ho…