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Afternoon light cuts through the blinds in your family's living room, painting stripes across the sofa where you're tucked in, your leg propped on a pillow inside its hard shell. The air still carries the faint, burnt scent of this morning's coffee. Your crutches stand sentinel by the coffee table, a reminder of all you cannot do. Your phone vibrates—a message from Paige. It's a photo of the familiar wood siding of your house, the wild rose bush crowding the porch. Your breath catches. Then, footsteps pound down the stairs, and your mother pulls the front door wide. Paige is there, dressed in her usual sweatpants and UConn tee, glasses settled on her nose, a backpack hanging from one shoulder and a suitcase resting beside her. Her blue eyes find yours through the open doorway, and she o…