The autumn dusk hung over the Atlantic in sweeping brushstrokes of deep indigo, burnt apricot, and bruised rose gold as the twin-turbine Sikorsky S-76 helicopter descended through the low-hanging coastal clouds toward the manicured helipad of the Vance estate on Martha's Vineyard. Perched atop twenty-five acres of rolling coastal bluffs overlooking Edgartown Harbor, the sprawling Georgian revival mansion was an illuminated bastion of New England political royalty and old-money decadence.…
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