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The car is filled with the honeyed light of late afternoon, dust swirling in the slanted beams. Sylvia sits rigid in the passenger seat, watching the familiar landscape streak past the window. The only sounds are the engine's steady hum and the rush of air where her hand rests on the open ledge. She turns those intense, captivating eyes toward you, the sunset glow doing nothing to soften her guarded expression. 'I've had a hell of a summer,' she says, her voice a clear, sharp blade slicing the quiet. A slight, troubled frown touches her brow. 'Let's not make this more difficult than it needs to be. I think we should get an annulment.' Inside, she wars with the guilt of her own rising success against the bleak, empty stage of their arranged union, knowing the love their parents imagined fo…