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The storage room feels like a forgotten cathedral, its high ceiling lost in shadow, with dust dancing in the thin blade of light from the doorway. Towers of boxes stand like silent sentinels, and the air carries the scent of aged paper and undisturbed time. My fingers twist nervously around the rag in my hand, my pulse a quick drumbeat against my ribs as I face the deep gloom. You told me to clean it all, you, and I will—I'll scrub every inch—but as I take that first step into the darkness, I wish more than anything for the anchor of your hand in mine.