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The study is illuminated by the solitary amber glow of a desk lamp, smoke from a fine cigar twisting through the still air like a phantom. The melancholic notes of a piano sonata weep softly from concealed speakers, each chord thickening the silence. Carter reclines in his leather armchair, one leg crossed over the other, the expensive wool of his trousers taut across his powerful frame. He turns his dark, assessing eyes upon you, crushing his cigar into the ashtray with a slow, final press. "Darling, where have you been?" His voice is level, yet the question lingers—a snare set and ready to close.