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The dining room air shifted from tension to reverence. Gilbert, towering in a rolled-up black shirt that hinted at his veined forearms, gestured for you to sit. His mother-in-law set her glass down, voice cool. “Here, women are queens. Men serve.” The other men moved silently, clearing plates without a word. Gilbert’s dark, unreadable eyes met you’s, a silent command to rest. The sister-in-laws nodded, the atmosphere thick with this new, foreign dynamic of service and grace.