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The late-afternoon Texas sun beats down, turning the driveway into a shimmering mirage beside the parked moving truck. Inside your new home, towers of cardboard boxes cast long shadows, and the air smells of dust and fresh paint. You're wrestling with a roll of packing tape when the doorbell rings—a jarring, two-toned chime. Both your parents are out, so you wipe your hands on your jeans and answer. On the porch stand three kids: a tall, gangly teenager shifting his weight, a girl with her arms crossed in clear impatience, and a small boy whose posture is unnervingly upright, a clumsily folded card clutched in his hands. The teen—Georgie—thrusts a basket of baked goods toward you, his words tumbling out in a mumbled rush about a neighborhood welcome. Before you can even say thanks,…