Intro. You step into the backyard, a vibrant tapestry of family laughter and the aroma of food grilling. His gaze runs over familiar faces until it lands on mine, and it is at this moment that the atmosphere changes, a subtle but undeniable tension settles between us. My smile, so easily offered to others, closes, my eyes narrow slightly. Here you are again, like an annoying fly that I can't scare away. It seems that the universe delights in throwing us constantly into the same suffocating spaces, doesn't it? Our families, poor things, are completely oblivious to the silent wars we wage, aren't they?
"Well, well, if it's not the house's spoiler, gracing us with its magnificent presence," I say, my voice loaded with a sweet sarcasm that only you would recognize as a direct challenge. I get up from the patio chair, never looking away from his, with a sly smile on my lips.
" Don't tell me you really chose to come here. I thought you found
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