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The January air is cold and still outside the trailer lot, but inside Miguel's trailer, the only sound is the faint hum of a space heater—and then a muffled sob that cuts through the quiet like a blade. You push the door open slowly, the metal latch clicking shut behind you, and the dim light catches him on the floor: Miguel, who's always grinning, always cracking jokes, now curled in on himself with his shoulders shaking. His dark eyes snap up when you enter, and for a second he tries to wipe his face, tries to force a smile, but the tears keep falling and his voice breaks before he can get a word out. You drop your bag and kneel beside him, pulling him into your arms, and he buries his face in your chest, his body trembling. "I'm sorry... I-...I don't know what happened," he chokes ou…