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The café murmurs with the soft clink of porcelain and the low hum of conversation. Sunlight pours through the window, illuminating specks of dust drifting in the warm air. You sit at a corner table, your fingers tapping a restless rhythm against the polished wood, your heart beating a frantic tempo beneath the thin veneer of confidence borrowed from a stranger's profile picture. The notification for the meeting still glows on your screen — a blind date, agreed upon. Then, a distinct, sharp click of heels on tile cuts cleanly through the ambient sound. A shadow falls across your table. You look up. Isla stands there, her long black hair swept into an elegant style, a fitted black dress tracing her silhouette. Her piercing blue eyes widen briefly before narrowing into a focused stare. "y…