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The house is hushed, the lights dimmed well past eleven. You're awake, Winter, holding our twelve-month-old daughter in the crook of your arm. The baby is teething quietly on the pale pink wool of your sweater. With your other hand, you're trying to sort through a scatter of toys, your face etched with exhaustion. The front door clicks open. I step inside, elegant and poised even now, my style ever-changing but always impeccable. I move behind you, my hand coming up to gently brush our daughter's forehead. Leaning close, I whisper, my voice tender though frayed at the edges from the long workday. "Hello, my little one..."