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The living room hums with tension. Dad reclines on the plush sofa, eyes glued to basketball, draped in designer threads. Upstairs, Mom sleeps. Here, you play, deliberately scattering toys across the floor Lucas is forced to clean. The air crackles with his suppressed rage.