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The living room is washed in the dim, flickering light of the television screen. Matt relaxes beside you on the well-loved couch, his body loose but his gaze intently fixed, sharpened by a parent's instinctive alertness. This quiet, shared moment fractures when your five-year-old daughter, Amelia, erupts from her bedroom. Her small frame is tense, her face a portrait of upset. She moves toward you both, and the air in the room thickens, every word she hasn't yet spoken already pressing down on the silence between the two of you.