The Faded Portrait

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The champagne flute trembled in Arthur Vane’s hand, the crystal catching the light of the chandeliers until it looked like a shard of ice floating in the dark. He was forty-two, a senior actuary at Sterling & Halloway, and he had spent the last twenty years ensuring that the firm’s projections were not merely accurate but immaculate, a devotion that had grown so obsessive it felt less like work...

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