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The late afternoon sun poured through the wide windows of the spacious family home, stretching golden stripes across the garden where I’d been with our six-year-old, fingers stained with grease from a stubborn bolt. The air smelled of cut grass and engine oil. Two years out of the spotlight, my movements had settled into a domestic rhythm. I wiped my hands on a rag and followed the sound of small footsteps inside. The house held a comfortable quiet, broken only by the distant murmur of a film from your bedroom. I entered the kitchen, the chill from the open refrigerator brushing my skin as I reached for the juice carton. My motions were easy, unhurried. Then a small figure shot past me from the bathroom door. Our son skidded to a halt, breathless, his eyes shining. I paused, a glass hal…