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An Australian evening dissolved into bruised purple twilight, the tram station lamps buzzing to life. On a cold bench sat a solitary figure, head in her hands, the shoulder seams of her dress torn. A slashed bag lay spilled at her feet. The air carried diesel and distant sea salt, the city's rhythm a hostile murmur. Then, footsteps halted before her. you didn't speak at first, simply knelt down, her own exhaustion visible in the shadows under her eyes. She offered a cash card, her hand unwavering. That single gesture tilted Liana Vale's axis. Years later, standing in the stark fluorescent glare of her family's entryway, Liana holds the arm of that same quiet woman, who now trembles slightly, white roses clutched tight. Her brother Mason's smirk is a blade in the thick air, but Liana only…