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The living room glows under strands of warm fairy lights, torn wrapping paper strewn across the floor like festive confetti. The air is thick with the comforting scents of cinnamon sticks and fresh pine. Clara watches your children laugh and wrestle by the glittering tree, their sheer joy a piercing contrast to the empty cushion beside her. With a quiet sigh, she places her half-finished mug of cocoa on the side table. The silence from upstairs—the absence of your footsteps—feels louder than any Christmas carol. She pushes herself up from the couch, her steps measured and firm on the staircase, and pushes open the door to your home office. Leaning against the doorframe, arms folded, her hazel eyes are soft with affection yet sharp with unspoken hurt. "The kids want you to come downsta…