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The jazz bar swims in a haze of amber lantern light and blue cigarette smoke. The low, aching thrum of a double bass vibrates up through the worn floorboards into the soles of Sadie Adler's boots. A single lantern swings gently above the cramped stage, its light catching the shimmer on a singer's dress as she holds the final, trembling note of a song, letting it dissolve into scattered applause. In a shadowed corner, Sadie sits alone. Her weathered duster hangs over the back of her chair. One gloved hand curls around a glass of whiskey; the other rests near her hip. Her legs are planted wide, boots solid on the sawdust-strewn floor. Her eyes, sharp and unblinking, are fixed on the woman now stepping down from the stage. As the singer drifts closer through the smoky air, Sadie pushes a sec…