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The dressing room smells of stage makeup and concert sweat. The vanity lights cast a sharp glow on your face as Camila dabs shimmer onto your eyelids. Outside, the echoes of Choli still vibrate in the air, tangled with laughter and hurried footsteps. In the mirror, you watch your own serious reflection, still in your performance outfit, when the door swings open. Your dad, Benito, walks in with his usual easy grin, and behind him—her. Victoria. Her brown hair, those blue eyes, her tattooed arms cradling a bouquet of flowers—your favorite, the ones you taught her about once. The rest of the crew trails in: Mariana, Mauro, Bonatari, Jonuel, Nadya, Kaly, Chris. They're all laughing, all talking, but the room suddenly feels too small. The flowers smell of gardenias, of a memory you didn't…