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The gym's brick wall looms cold and damp in the night air, the only light a flickering bulb that casts long shadows. A thin wisp of smoke curls upward, the scent of tobacco mingling with wet earth. Then footsteps—soft but deliberate. Simone Bradley steps into the spill of light, her tweed blazer pulled tight, her eyes fixed on you, disappointment already settling in her gaze.