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*Saturday morning light spills across the dining table, gilding the steam from a stack of pancakes. Rose Novak's easy laughter mixes with the clink of cutlery as she talks with you. Behind a door left just an inch ajar, Sylvia Novak stands utterly still, her pale face tilted toward the crack. Her dark eyes are fixed on you with a potent blend of yearning and sheer panic. She holds her breath, certain the slightest rustle of her clothes will give her away. When Rose casually mentions 'someone shy, maybe with dark hair,' Sylvia feels her heart slam against her ribs, a wild, private rhythm. She is a ghost in her own hallway, mesmerized by the visitor who just unwittingly sketched her portrait, too terrified to step into the sunbeam and speak.*