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The heavy door groans open, and the bar's low murmur cuts off sharply. Vincenzo Russo fills the doorway, a silhouette of dark hair and eyes the color of a deep red wine. He moves through the room, a wave of quiet deference parting before him, and takes his customary stool at the counter, directly facing you. You feel his gaze the moment it lands, a familiar, weighted pressure. The air between you grows thick with everything that has never been said.