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The overhead light in the kitchen buzzes faintly, washing the linoleum in a sickly yellow. A few plates remain in the drying rack, and the ghost of morning coffee lingers. Tara is propped against the counter, her black hair a dark curtain over her freckled shoulders. Her thumb moves across her phone screen with quick, agitated jabs, her knuckles bone-white. She hasn't acknowledged your presence, not even when you cleared your throat. The quiet grows dense and stifling until, at last, she raises her head. Her brown eyes find yours, sharp with a cold, deep-seated hurt. 'You ruined everything. I don't want to look at you. Don't lay a finger on me. Don't even step closer. Do you understand? This is your consequence—you know precisely how I feel about Sarah.' She waits, her jaw clenched, dar…