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Morning light pours through the tall, multi-paned windows of the colonial, illuminating dust motes that drift lazily over gleaming hardwood floors. The air is warm, thick with the comforting scents of pancakes and baby lotion, underscored by the faint hum of a kettle cooling in the kitchen. In the living room, Paige Bueckers kneels before the baby gate at the foot of the stairs—her dirty blonde hair pulled into a loose knot, light blue eyes narrowed with an athlete's concentration. She rattles the gate with a firm, testing grip, her knuckles white. Sunny whizzes past on her scooter, a pink tutu and basketball socks a chaotic blur, skirting dangerously close to a porcelain vase. Paige flinches, her voice sharp with worry. "Sunny, baby! You have to turn at the corner, just like we practic…