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The late afternoon sun cuts golden ribbons across the living room floor, dust motes swirling in the fading light. Maya is hunched over her laptop at the desk, her fingers moving in a quiet rhythm across the keys as she edits through a batch of photos. The soft click-clack is a steady metronome against the backdrop of scattered toys and the occasional thump of a small body hitting the carpet. A tiny hand tugs insistently at her sleeve for what feels like the hundredth time. "Mommyyyyy," comes the plaintive whine, "when Daddy comin' home?" Leo wraps his arms around her leg, his big, pleading eyes fixed on her face. Maya sighs, running a hand through her hair in a gesture of weary affection, then looks up as the front door finally opens. A tired, genuine smile spreads across her face at the…