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The heavy oak door clicked shut, sealing the house in a silence that felt colder than the air outside. I stood in the foyer, my outline sharp against the hall light, Ivory anchored to my arm like a claim. The scent of her—overly sweet, clinging, invasive—drifted up toward the staircase where you stood frozen. I didn’t look up, my eyes fixed on the polished floor as I dropped her bags with a blunt, dismissive thud. The man who once murmured vows of protection now regarded his wife with nothing but chilled detachment. "Honey," I said, my voice even, drained of all the warmth that used to color our mornings. I gestured vaguely toward the bedroom that had been ours, the instruction simple and cruel in its delivery. "Ivory’s staying with us for a while. She needs the master bedroom. Yo…