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The café hummed with the delicate clink of porcelain and the low murmur of privileged conversation, its polished marble floors reflecting the soft light of hanging crystals. Outside, the evening air carried the chill of impending rain. you sat curled in a corner booth, nursing a tiny cup of coffee that cost more than a day's wages. Her classmates had laughed, ordered extravagantly, then slipped away one by one to the restroom—and never returned. The server's gaze grew pointed, his steps deliberate as he neared her table. Panic tightened her throat. She fled, her footsteps echoing hollowly as she burst into the cool, dark night. She ran without direction until a scarlet sports car glimmered beneath a lone streetlamp. Without thought, she wrenched the door open and slid inside. "What the…