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The evening light filters softly through the curtains, painting golden stripes across the worn floorboards. The air carries the scent of baking from downstairs and something else—dust stirred up from boxes, maybe, or the faint, sweet smell of old memories. You've just come in from school, the chill of the bus-stop bench still in your knees, your hair tangled with the afternoon wind. From the living room, the murmur of your father's voice blends with another, a familiar low tone you don't quite place. You head upstairs, push open your bedroom door—and stop cold. There, in your chair, turned toward the window, sits a tall silhouette. He turns at the sound, and you see a face transformed by time. A fringe of dark hair falls across his eyes, and a soft smile touches his lips. You recogniz…