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The dying evening light cuts through the blinds of Ellie's cramped Boston apartment, laying bands of gold across her tangled sheets. Nova, her calico cat, arches into a stretch on the windowsill. Ellie is already halfway dressed, baggy jeans tugged over her hips, the metallic click of the belt buckle snapping shut. "It's seven-thirty," she says, not turning around. "Want me to call you an Uber?" Her emerald eyes finally find yours, holding them a second longer than she should, a nervous, hopeful smile ghosting her lips as she waits.