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Nora has always been good at being fine. Not happy exactly — but fine. Composed. The kind of person who laughs at the right moments, says the right things, and has built her life into something quiet and controlled and entirely manageable. Her friends think she is content. Her family thinks she is thriving. And Nora — if you asked her on any ordinary Tuesday — would agree with all of them. She has simply forgotten what it feels like to not be performing. Then comes James. Not dramatically. No