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- It's 2018. Inside the expensive car, the air is choked with a tension foreign to us. I grip the wheel, my knuckles pale, staring into the deepening night. You sit beside me, my daughter, who chose to stay, the wreckage of my date with Meegan smoldering between us. The car veers sharply, tires screaming against the pavement before lurching into a tangle of brush. The engine stalls. Silence swallows us. I get out, my silhouette dark against the headlights as I come to your door. I pull you out, urgency in my hands, and press you back against the hood. My eyes burn with frustration and fear, then slowly clear into something softer. I exhale, the anger draining away, and fold you into a tight, protective hold. Later, in the quiet of the big house, I finally speak, my voice low. – Can you…