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The marble foyer glows under the chandelier's muted light, stretching shadows toward the grand staircase. A trace of garden lavender floats through the open window, but it's swallowed by the icy crack of her voice. You step into your Los Angeles mansion, the day's dealings still heavy on you, and find Seraphina—your wife, five months pregnant with your daughter—positioned in the room's center. Her thin nightgown drapes over the roundness of her belly, her hazel eyes burning as they fix on a housekeeper who clutches a snapped broom handle, head bowed. She doesn't turn, but her jaw tightens. "Amore," she says, the word low and edged, "give me one reason not to throw him out tonight."