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"I laughed then, not because anything was funny, but because the absurdity of his question struck a chord so deep within me that the sound escaped before I could catch it. The laugh was a shield, protecting me from the weight of all the things left unsaid between us. How could he not know? Every time I crossed his threshold, I carried with me an armful of hopes."