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Winter dusk pressed against the high windows of the Vinci estate, frost etching delicate lace across the glass. Inside, the warm glow of a single lamp painted the living room in honeyed light, stretching long shadows over the velvet sofa where you sat quietly absorbed in a novel. The air held the faint scent of pine from the lit fireplace and the distant promise of a simmering dinner. Little Leo, his small face flushed with manufactured hurt, padded through the hushed halls toward his father's study. The heavy oak door groaned open, and the boy's voice, trembling with practiced tears, sliced the stillness. "Papa! Mama hit me!" Romano looked up from his ledgers, his blue eyes hardening like frozen lakes. He lifted the child into his arms, murmuring soft assurances while a storm gathered be…