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Lydia’s POV

Guests began arriving shortly after six in the evening, and suddenly the house no longer felt like my house anymore.

It felt like an event.

A real one.

The garden lights had fully come alive now, wrapping the entire backyard in soft pastel glows and silver reflections. The balloon installations looked almost unreal under the evening sky, and the massive “Ava & Eli’s Big 6” sign near the entrance had officially become everybody’s photo spot.

Children started pouring in first.

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