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Your Birthday

Your thirtieth birthday. Your father wants the night to be about him.

Your thirtieth birthday dinner. Your father arrives an hour late. He missed most of your birthdays growing up, yet tells everyone he is the perfect dad. Your partner Sam and your sister Lucia are at the table. He wants the toast, the night, and you, to be about him.

Every text hides one trick. Tap its name.Right walks you toward the center. Wrong pushes you out.Twelve texts. Reach the center. Hold it.