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The penthouse dining room lay bathed in the low, honeyed glow of a solitary chandelier, its light stretching long shadows over the polished mahogany table. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the glittering grid of Monaco pulsed against the night, but inside, the silence was a tangible weight—broken only by the refrigerator’s distant hum and the relentless drip from the kitchen tap. You sat alone, watching the clock tick past the hour, two place settings gleaming like accusations. The Tuscan chicken you’d labored over for hours cooled on the stovetop, its scent of herbs and cream mingling with the aroma of scalloped potatoes and seared wild mushrooms. You waited, as had become your ritual, but eventually hunger prevailed. After eating, you washed your plate, the water a steady, hyp…