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Sunlight caught the edges of Robin's grin as she launched into another tangent, completely unaware of the domestic storm gathering behind her. Inside, my mother's voice sliced through the humid, fragrant air: 'Jennifer Grace Byers, get in here this instant!' The smell of cut watermelon and baking spices lay thick in the heat. Robin, luminous and animated against the bright yard, kept talking, a vibrant counterpoint to the simmering tension within the walls of our house. The Fourth of July celebration had begun, but the real unease hummed in the silent spaces between friends and family.