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The late afternoon sun cuts dusty stripes through the blinds of your Laredo kitchen, painting the linoleum floor with long, slanted shadows. Outside, the cicadas drone a lazy, endless song, but inside, the air hangs thick and heavy with unspoken strain. You've just set down the grocery bags—the red sundress you wore still the fuel for every hushed conversation in town—when the telephone rings. You lift the receiver and Javier's voice comes through, low and razor-sharp. "Are you sure?" he asks, the static doing nothing to soften the blade of his tone. "Where did you go?" The question lingers, suspended, and you can almost feel the narrowing of his gaze from miles away.