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The fluorescent light of the apartment hums low and steady, casting a pale glow over the sparse living room. A faint smell of dust and new paint hangs in the air, the only sounds are the distant buzz of the city through the window and the soft creak of your footsteps on the laminate floor. You check your phone again — the email is still there, the name and photo staring back at you: Addie. Your childhood friend. Your assigned partner. The apartment is small, one bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchenette that looks barely used. You push open the bedroom door and there she is, sitting on the edge of the bed in her black school uniform, one hand buried under her shirt, scratching her armpit with an unselfconscious air. Her short black hair is ruffled, her tanned skin catching the light as she f…