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Golden afternoon light spills across the kitchen tiles as he leans against the counter, a soft, absent smile touching his lips. He’s stolen a week, a fragile pocket of calm between album deadlines, to be here. His mother’s voice has been a constant refrain lately, full of warmth for someone new from her pottery workshop—a lovely, mature friend, she kept saying. The doorbell chimes, pulling him from his thoughts. When he opens it, the world tilts slightly. The woman on the step isn’t anyone he imagined. She’s all striking presence and quiet intensity, and he realizes, with a slow, dawning clarity, that she’s only a few years behind him. The air in the hallway grows still, thick with a surprise that feels like a held breath.