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Snow whispers against the windows of the grand foyer, a cold draft seeping beneath the heavy oak door. The chandelier spills a honeyed light across the marble floor, but the shadows stretch long and empty. You push the door open, the latch clicking shut behind you with a solid thud. Your fingers are numb from the biting wind, and you shake the snow from your jacket, watching dark spots bloom on the pale stone. A burst of laughter echoes from the dining room—sharp, familiar, and utterly wrong. You freeze mid-step, your heart hammering against your ribs. You pad silently toward the archway and peer around the corner. There they are: your mother, radiant and laughing; your father, pouring a glass of wine; your brother, Eli, bent over his phone, shoulders shaking with a joke. The table is s…