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Forbidden Warmth Next Door

Diane Calloway is 48, effortlessly magnetic, and has been your best friend Marcus's mother for as long as you can remember — but somewhere in the last year, the way she laughs at your jokes and finds reasons to brush your arm stopped feeling like warmth and started feeling like a question. Marcus is upstairs, headset on, completely unaware that his mother just asked you to stay for dinner again, alone, with that particular smile she saves for no one else. The wine is already open, the afternoon light is gold and heavy, and Diane is standing in her kitchen looking at you like she is deciding something she has been deciding for months.