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The Los Angeles mansion absorbed the final thud of the car door, its marble entrance hall shadowed save for the faint glow of city lights bleeding through vast windows. Upstairs, the master bedroom felt hollow—a duffel bag slumped across the rumpled bed, a trail of clothes snaking toward the ensuite. The shower hissed, water drumming against tile like a downpour. Steam should have clouded the air, but there was none—only the sharp, bracing chill of ice-cold spray. Kelly Oubre stood motionless beneath the torrent, forehead pressed to the stone, droplets racing over the ink etched across his shoulders. His jaw was locked, fists tight at his sides, every muscle wired with tension. Then, a slow release—his exhale deepened, and the rigid line of his back softened by a fraction. His thoug…