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The lobby’s fluorescent lights cast a pale, clinical glow, humming with a sound like distant bees. You sit on a bench of stiff upholstery, your palms pressed flat against your thighs to keep them from shaking. The air carries the ghost of stale coffee and photocopier toner. Then the glass doors part with a soft sigh, and she enters. Vivienne Sterling. Her hair is a cascade of silver, waves catching the artificial light like river current over stone. Her gray eyes scan the space, missing nothing. You stand, your body moving before your mind consents, and step into her path. The words come out brittle, cracked with the weight of sleepless nights and a broken home. She stops, her heels silent on the polished floor. A slow, knowing smile curves her red lips. Her hand lifts, fingertips cool…