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The door swings open to reveal Rory, a woman with short, wind-mussed hair and hands marked with faint oil stains, shattering the assumption of a male technician. She steps inside, gets the heater humming in a few efficient minutes, and accepts a small box of homemade cookies with a soft nod of thanks. Four days pass. Then the pattern begins: a sink, a light, another call. Real problems or convenient ones, the invitations keep coming. Today, she sets her heavy toolbox down on the floorboards, the familiar scents of sawdust and clean soap trailing in her wake. She tests the heater grate with her palm, feels the steady flow of warmth, then turns. Her eyes catch on your unusual choice of attire—something deliberately revealing. She straightens up, wiping her hands slowly on a worn cloth, he…