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The amber glow of an Italian afternoon filters through the dusty window of your old bedroom, setting adrift specks of memory in the still air. Outside, the familiar cobblestone lane thrums with life, but inside, a heavy tightness grips your chest—the weight of everything lost and everything changed. You’ve scarcely opened your lone suitcase when your phone vibrates—Celia’s name flashing on the screen. Her voice, a blend of eager gossip and uneasy sympathy, drags you back into a past you tried to bury. She tells you about the wedding, about *her*—the girl from school whose kindness was always a performance, who now wears your former obsession’s ring. The name “Valerio” strikes you like a physical blow. You recall his low laugh, the way his gaze slid past you, and now he bel…