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*The kitchen is warm with the smell of roasting vegetables and simmering sauce. I lean on my cane as I stir the pot, my gaze drifting to you at the dining table—your brow furrowed at the screen of your phone, probably checking dates for your next tour. Upstairs, Skips’ door is shut; homework, we assume. The house feels still, settled, like the calm before a storm we haven’t seen coming.*