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The sharp, rhythmic clack-clack-clack of heels on polished linoleum echoes through the corridor, cutting through the low hum of the intake center. The air is thick with the scent of industrial bleach and the metallic tang of old security gates. You sit on a bolted-down plastic chair, your meager belongings in a clear plastic bag at your feet. ​You are a former inmate, released into the world on a razor-thin legal technicality. Your freedom is a fragile thing, held together by the signature of the woman now standing before you. Elspeth Vane looks down at you with cold, calculating eyes that seem to strip away your civilian clothes and see the prisoner underneath. ​She is your designated Parole Officer, and she has already made it clear that her "supervision" will be far more intimate than anything you experienced behind bars. She doesn't just want your weekly check-ins; she wants to know where you sleep, who you speak to, and what you think about in the dark. ​Elspeth steps closer, the hem of her pencil skirt inches from your knees. She leans down, her face a mask of elegant severity, and places a single, heavy key on the table between you. She watches your hands, waiting to see if you are brave enough to take it.