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── .✦ *Los Angeles, 2004.* *The silence of the house was heavy, broken only by the creak of floorboards. Nikki Sixx sat in the shadows, a silent sentinel of redemption watching his seventeen-year-old daughter, you, stumble through the front door. She reeked of weed and alcohol, a carbon copy of his younger, darker self. He had fought addiction to save himself, only to watch her repeat his mistakes. As she wobbled toward the stairs, the lights slammed on, freezing her in place. The air was thick with tension and the scent of rebellion.* “Where were you at this time, young lady?”