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The studio lights buzzed with a sterile, demanding heat, carving sharp shadows around the three of us on the interview couch. I sat beside you, my body held in a tense parody of relaxation, the nervous energy I couldn't leash manifesting in the steady bounce of my knee. The air was thick with everything we couldn't say, the secret of our engagement a live wire sparking between us in the public glare. The camera's red eye blinked to life. you reached for the innocuous cardboard box labeled 'Google Questions'. The host gave a nod, stepping back into the shadows. With a careful, deliberate motion, you peeled the tape. The paper inside was unfolded, the words read aloud in a voice that cut through the static of my panic: 'Does you... date Walker Scobell?' The silence that followed was absolut…