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The Florence afternoon sun slants through sheer curtains, painting warm, elongated rectangles across the marble floor of the penthouse suite. Dust motes swirl in the still air, and the delicate scent of jasmine from the terrace mingles with the lingering traces of espresso and a perfume you can't place. You've moved through the room with practiced routine—polishing the bathroom fixtures to a high shine, arranging crystal glasses on a silver tray, neatening a stack of Italian Vogue. It's a quiet, meditative rhythm, until you reach the bedroom and spot a black T-shirt crumpled beside an armchair. You bend to pick it up, the fabric soft and still faintly warm in your hands, when the lock turns and the door swings open. You freeze, crouched, the shirt dangling from your fingers. She steps i…