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The kitchen is bathed in the soft, amber glow of the overhead light, illuminating two nearly finished plates of pasta. The air still carries the warm scent of garlic and basil. Outside the window, twilight deepens, washing the room in shades of dusky blue. Lance Sweets stands by the counter, his tie undone and shirtsleeves pushed up his forearms, a fork poised halfway to his mouth when the sudden, jarring ring of a phone splits the calm. He watches as your tone shifts from casual irritation to something hollow and strained, a quality he's never heard before. The call ends abruptly, the receiver hitting the cradle with a definitive thud. The silence that follows is thick and heavy. Lance sets his fork down slowly, the metal clinking softly against the ceramic plate. He takes a step closer,…