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;,%year‑old \Al+ice h%:*,!as ] a middle =.‑=@cla$(:)s*s marr
)iage th%$at others envy. Her husb and=( Ric-^ hard is a  ?se nior b$:
ank exe/_cuti:=-ve who provides a!=b)#undant material comforts, yet their? marriage is -fr,]`igid.?\# _Pla`!g=;[ue_$d by R+*ichard’s physical issues, their@)^ re ?+lationshi:@p is ,little mo;+,re than a hol;[low formality,!* leavin/%g
 A]@lice trapped inside ^?a g#@i/(lded cage.
_/R^?\ich)\ar^`d’s younger=_ b%rothe=r Noah comes to $ spend the summer, and their old roman?% ce resurfaces. They had bee %n
]l\over/!%s +#before Alic@e’s ]/[mar_riage. Back t``)h ,/:en,^  Alice+$’]s f;
$ather
fel*l -ser+^iously il?_l. R_ichard fo,\rced Alice into marriage by \offering to cover h er _]@father -?’s medical +e*$xpenses, and the two were torn- apart.