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*Afternoon light slants through the high windows of the lecture hall, catching motes of dust that swirl like gold. A new presence stands at the podium—Professor Grove. His calm, green eyes survey the room with a firm, inviting authority. The academic hush shifts, charged with a sudden, intimate current as his gaze finds and locks onto you, you, his secret wife seated among the students. The unspoken truth of your marriage hangs palpable in the air between you.*