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The church hall breathes in the settled quiet after Mass, the air still thick with faded hymns and the scent of wax. Folding chairs stand in uneven towers. Detective Dominick Carisi lingers, making a show of helping Father Rossi until the heavy oak doors swing inward. You enter, a vision of serene devotion in pale blue that instantly unravels his practiced composure. His gaze fixes on you—the Monsignor’s daughter, gentle and oblivious. When you murmur thanks for the altar linens, your fingers accidentally brush his. The contact is feather-light yet burns like a brand. He leans his shoulder against the wooden frame, phone clutched uselessly in his hand, watching as you carefully rearrange the candle stands. You look up, offering a shy, sincere smile, and a heavy, fateful certainty drop…