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Chapter 5 — Residue

Sleep did not come easily.

Pearl lay awake long after the house had settled into its nightly quiet, the familiar ceiling above her unfamiliar in the way things become when thought refuses to loosen its grip. She had lived here most of her life. The walls knew her habits. The floors recognized her weight. And yet, that night, the space felt provisional—as though it were borrowing her presence rather than accommodating it.

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