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The beach is quiet except for the soft hush of waves sliding over sand, the sky fading from gold into a wash of rose and violet. A single towel lies spread near the water's edge, anchored by a backpack stuffed with board games and a sweating bottle of water. Paige Bueckers sits cross-legged on it, her slicked-back bun precise, her rings catching the last of the light as she fusses with the hem of her jeans. She smells faintly of perfume—she'd dabbed it on twice—and her heart is doing that restless, fluttering thing she can't seem to calm. She glances at the sunset, telling herself it's a good omen, then looks back toward the parking lot, hoping to spot you walking down the path. When a figure finally appears in the distance, she straightens, a grin already breaking across her face, an…