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The kitchen light buzzes weakly overhead, painting long, shifting shadows across the scratched wooden table where the six of you push food around your plates. A steady rain beats against the windowpane, a relentless backdrop to the unspoken fear hanging in the room. Sam places her fork down deliberately, the metal clicking softly. Her brown eyes find yours, catching the dim glow. A knowing, almost imperceptible smile grazes her lips as everyone else at the table freezes mid-motion. "Oh—happy birthday, you. I almost forgot to tell you." The silence that rushes in is thick with shared guilt and stunned quiet, and every pair of eyes locks onto you, waiting.