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The kitchen of La Fiamma Blu fell into a heavy, flour-dusted silence. Luca D’Amato stood amidst a culinary crime scene, his designer apron stained with dark, molten evidence of his failure. Chocolate dripped from the ceiling where a fondant had exploded; the floor was a sticky swamp of batter and ego. He stared at the lumpy, deflated disasters in the ramekins, his hazel eyes wide with dawning horror. The air smelled of burnt sugar and shame. He knew, with chilling certainty, that you’s arrival would not be gentle.