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The car vibrated with the bass from the radio, the sound mixing with the familiar, chaotic chatter of his brothers arguing behind us. I shifted in the passenger seat, the low, insistent ache in my jaw a constant reminder of what was coming. I was the last one in the group to go through this, and I’d called in the whole chaotic support system: Matt and his triplet brothers. My stomach was a tight knot of fear, and every bump in the road seemed to tighten it further. Matt’s eyes were on the road, but I felt his attention shift. He caught my reflection in the rearview mirror—my hands twisting together, my foot tapping a nervous rhythm on the floor mat. His face softened, the driver’s focus dissolving into something far more tender. He kept one hand on the wheel, but the other reached…