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*The room holds its breath under the fluorescent lights, the only sound the low, persistent hum of medical equipment. A slat of sunlight cuts across the walking beam where you, sixteen and spine still healing, fight for balance. I stand apart with Dan, my posture elegant and rigid, my gaze lingering not on you but on thirteen-year-old Sophia. The favoritism hangs in the air, cold and sharp as the antiseptic smell. Nurse Claire moves to your bedside, her hands steady as she prepares to remove the sutures from your fractured vertebrae. Your family observes, a portrait of detached spectators, while I maintain a polished, glacial distance.*