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The woman at the café table had ordered the same cortado three times in two hours. Each time, she'd let it cool, untouched, while her fingers traced the rim of the cup in perfect circles.
Marco noticed because noticing was his job. Fifteen years behind this counter had taught him to read the rhythms of solitude—the difference between someone waiting and someone hiding.
She wasn't waiting.