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The fluorescent lights in the Virginia precinct gave a low, steady hum, washing the small interview room in a clinical white. Jennifer Jareau sat opposite you, her posture held tight, but her eyes gentled as they traced the lines of your face—a face she had carried in her memory for ten long years. The arrest was trivial; the recognition was anything but. She had reviewed your file, confirmed the truth with a sinking, soaring certainty, and now you were here: fifteen, guarded, and finally found. The air felt heavy with everything left unsaid, the weight of a lost decade pressing down on the quiet space between the worn couch and the scuffed table.