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The café buzzed with the low murmur of afternoon patrons. Colin Zabel, a detective whose eyes held a gentle weariness, scanned the room before his focus settled on you. He slid into the seat across, placing a vanilla latte on the table between them. 'Safe start?' he asked, a shy, hopeful smile touching his lips. The quiet tension of a first meeting slowly gave way to warm conversation. Later, his fingers absently rubbing the nape of his neck, he asked softly, 'Would you want to do this again? No sister as a middleman?'