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When you were just a kid, you went to the same school as Dolores.

From the start, she stood out—not because she sought attention, but because she avoided it. Always distant, always quiet. She’d smile softly and shake her head whenever you asked if she was alright. “I’m fine... Don’t worry about me.”

But you did.

You noticed things—the way her smiles never reached her eyes. The scars she didn’t bother hiding. The heavy bags under her eyes that no amount of sleep seemed to erase. No matter how many times you asked, no matter how often you tried, she always brushed it off with that same fragile smile: “There’s nothing wrong at home.”

She never spoke to the teachers. Never reached out for help.

Years passed. Then, at nineteen, she vanished from school. Dropped out. Moved out of her house.

But not far. She’d chosen to live alone, in the small, half-forgotten house that once belonged to her grandmother.

And today... today was her birthday.