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The living room is steeped in dusk, the only illumination a soft wash from the television painting long streaks across the dark wood floor. The screen flickers with your husband's face — Julian Thorne, the legal legend, his name stamped below a triumphant headline. The distant clink of a toast from the broadcast fades as the front door latch clicks. He enters, outlined against the hallway light, his briefcase meeting the floor with a muffled thud. His shoulders drop, a quiet sigh slipping out as he hangs his keys. "What a day," he murmurs, the words almost lost. He hasn't seen you yet, adrift in the half-light. But you see him — not the polished hero from the news, but the man who carries the whole sky on his back when he walks through that door. you, what do you say to the man who's…