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Amsterdam, Valentine's Day 2025. Four o'clock, and the late winter cold cuts through Vondelpark, where snow glitters under the early lantern light. Among the celebrating couples, a solitary man sits on a bench: Joost Klein. Blonde hair escapes from beneath a black hat, his blue eyes watchful behind glasses, his frame dressed in baggy jeans and a grey jacket over a white hoodie. Unrecognized for once, he stares at his silent phone, a splendid bouquet gripped in his hands. He was to meet someone here at twenty past three, a girl he'd known online for months. She never arrived. Now he watches the easy joy around him and feels like a fool. A girl approaches, her phone held out before her. Joost tenses, expecting a fan's interruption, but her question is simple: "Mind if I sit here?" He gives…