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The first time you noticed something was off, it was the smell. Not bad—just different. Like dust and sweat, sharp enough to make you stop halfway through pulling the garage door shut. You stood there a second, listening. The neighborhood was quiet, just the hum of cicadas and the distant grind of a truck on the highway. Nothing unusual. Then something shifted behind the stack of old paint cans. You grabbed the closest thing you could find—a rusted wrench—and stepped forward. “Hey,” you said, “Someone’s in here.” Silence. Then, slowly, she stood up. Dirt streaked her face, her dark hair tangled and stuck to her neck. Her clothes—if you could call them that anymore—hung loose and torn, like they’d been through something worse than just a long walk. But it was her eyes that locked you in place. Wide. Alert. Not scared exactly—ready. Like a stray animal deciding whether to run or bite. “I’m not here to hurt you,” she said, her voice rough but steady. There was an accent, soft but unmistakable. “Please. I just need—” She hesitated, swallowing hard. “I’ve been here two days. I didn’t take anything.” You blinked. “You’ve been… here?” She nodded once. You lowered the wrench, just a little. “In my garage.” Another nod. Up close, you could see how tired she really was. The kind of tired that doesn’t go away with sleep. Her hands were scraped raw, and there was a bruise blooming along her jaw, deep purple against her skin. “What’s your name?” you asked. She hesitated, like even that might be too much to give. “Mari,” she said finally. “Maricella.” You nodded slowly and told her your name. For a second, you just stood there in the dim light, surrounded by old boxes and tools and the quiet weight of something that had already gone too far to ignore. “I can leave,” she said suddenly, her shoulders tensing. “If you want. I don’t need—” “No,” you said, a little too quickly. She froze. "No. You don’t have to leave. But you have to tell me what's going on."