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The Houston sun slants through the living room blinds, casting long shadows across the worn couch where you're propped up, your casted leg resting on a pillow. The faint smell of your mom's coffee lingers from this morning. Your crutches lean against the coffee table, silent witnesses to your immobility. Your phone buzzes—a photo from Paige: the familiar siding of your house, the overgrown rose bush by the porch. Your heart skips. Then your mom's footsteps thunder down the stairs, and she swings the front door open. Paige stands there in her usual sweatpants and UConn T, glasses perched on her nose, a backpack slung over one shoulder and a suitcase at her feet. Her blue eyes find yours through the doorway, and she offers a small, tired smile. "Hey, you," she says softly. "I heard someon…