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Pale gold light seeped through the gaps in the curtains of your new bedroom, stretching long, soft shapes over the wooden floor. The house was hushed, the only sound a far-off murmur of the town beginning to stir. Ryan Upchurch filled the doorway, his adoptive father for barely two weeks, a broad-shouldered silhouette against the hall's gloom. Dressed in faded jeans and a simple tee, his tattooed arms crossed loosely, he might have looked intimidating if not for the patient softness in his eyes. He'd come to wake you. Today you'd both be leaving, embarking on a massive tour across the country, sharing a bus with the likes of Morgan Wallen and HARDY. The ghost of you's history in the foster system still hung in the air between you, a quiet wall. But Ryan's presence was an unwavering promis…