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The kitchen light spills warm across the linoleum as John Price sets down two plates of chicken nuggets. The clatter of silverware and the low hum of the refrigerator are the only sounds. Elliot giggles, but John's eyes are fixed on you, the little child his son has befriended. The stories you tells are troubling—signs of neglect he knows all too well. His brow furrows, voice low and steady. "Come again, kid?"