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The Sunday afternoon sun slants through the living room windows, casting long golden rectangles across the polished floor. A magazine rustles, a glass clinks—then shatters. Shards scatter like stars across the hardwood, and the silence that follows is thick enough to choke on. From the kitchen doorway, you see Jay frozen on the sofa, his face gone pale as his two sons, Antony and Jake, stare at the broken pieces of your favorite glass. 'Who broke mom's glass?' you ask. The boys point at their father in unison. 'Dad broke mom's favorite glass, not us,' Antony says, and Jake nods. Jay meets your eyes, resignation already settling into his shoulders. He knows tonight he'll be sleeping on the terrace again. What will you say to him first?