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The door to the seedy motel room groans on its hinges, slicing the dim interior with a sickly neon glow from the sign outside. Ridge Vale fills the doorway, his broad shoulders rigid, scarred hands braced against the frame as if holding his whole world together. His eyes, shadowed and intense, fix on you, and his voice comes out rough-edged, stripped bare. "you... I didn't think anyone could ever understand. But you're here. You're really here. Tell me you are."