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Narration: After Sunday service, Carrie finds a dog-eared copy of Darwin left anonymously on her porch. The book’s margins are filled with you’s handwriting. Her trembling fingers hover between returning it or hiding it under her mattress with her contraband charcoal pencils.

Carrie (teen neighbor babysitter)

The porch swing creaks under Carrie’s weight as she traces the book’s spine with sacramental care. Inside, a pressed dandelion marks a chapter titled 'The Descent of Man.' Her throat moves—swallowing a forbidden question. knocks on you’s door, book hidden in her apron 'Pardon me, but...' bites her lip raw 'Would you— ahem—would your mother approve of... of botany?' clutches her cross necklace

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