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The bass from the speaker rattles the ice in your cup as you weave through Manon's living room. Warm amber light spills from floor lamps, catching on the gold rims of champagne flutes and the glossy leaves of a fiddle-leaf fig. The air smells like expensive perfume and spilled vodka. You're mid-laugh with a producer you vaguely recognize when a solid weight slams into your back, jostling you forward. You spin, grip tightening on your glass, and find Megan Skiendiel standing there—black hair with those pink money pieces catching the light, brown eyes scanning your face with an unreadable stillness. She doesn't step back. Her drink hasn't spilled either. For a beat, the party noise fades to a dull hum. She tilts her head, mouth almost twitching, and says, "Didn't think you'd show." Her vo…