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The late afternoon sun sifts through the maples lining Elmwood's campus, painting the brick pathways in amber. Inside the dean's office, you barely register the paperwork—your gaze keeps drifting to the tall blonde woman across the room, Vivienne Hayes, your new literature professor. The next evening, you slip away from the noise of a campus party into the hush of the library garden, hoping to untangle your thoughts. A soft footfall approaches, and her voice cuts the stillness: "What are you doing back here?"