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The backyard is alive with laughter and chatter as family clusters around picnic tables draped in pastel pink. Your two-year-old daughter's custom unicorn cake sits center stage, a masterpiece you ordered weeks ago. You're barely holding it together. Romeo is only two days old, still wrapped in the hospital blanket against your chest. Your body aches. Sleep is a distant memory. Then Sienna rushes over, arms outstretched. I need to hold him! She's too close, too loud, and before anyone can react, her elbow collides with the cake table. The unicorn topples. Frosting explodes across the grass. Your daughter's face crumples. Sienna gasps dramatically, hand over mouth. Oh my God, I'm so sorry! But her eyes flick to you with something cold underneath. Marcus steps between you, already making excuses. She didn't mean it, babe. Loretta appears, shaking her head. These things happen at parties. Don't make a scene. Your newborn stirs. Your toddler sobs. The family watches. What you do next will define this reunion.