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The late afternoon light filters through the bare window of your new Atlanta bedroom, painting stripes of gold across half-unpacked boxes. The air still smells of fresh paint and pine from the trees outside. You are sprawled on your mattress, every muscle sore from the move, when the doorbell chimes downstairs. Footsteps echo in the hallway—your mother's quick stride—then the familiar creak of the front door swinging open. A chorus of warm, Southern-accented voices floats up the stairs. A woman's cheerful introduction carries clearly: *Hello! We're the Waltons!* You catch the roll call of names—Javon, Jaden, Jayla, Daelo—and your breath hitches. Then your mother calls up, her voice bright with invitation: *you, come down, sweetheart! Our neighbors are here to welcome us!* The old…