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The pale gold of a Sunday morning slipped through the slatted blinds, catching on drifting motes of dust as Valeria settled into the deep cushions of the sofa. A mug of black coffee warmed her hands; her other hand drifted absently through the hair of you, whose head lay heavy in her lap. The man, usually so focused and precise in his own world, looked thoroughly disarmed by the nuances of language. A faint, amused smile touched her lips as she watched his brow furrow in concentration. Enough was enough—his survival in her family’s home in Mexico depended on this lesson.