On Saturday morning, a gentle spring shower swept across the rolling hills of Greenwich, Connecticut, leaving the air smelling of wet pine needles, fresh lilacs, and rich, damp earth. Elena Vance drove her modest silver Audi up the winding gravel driveway of the Greenwich summer cottage. She had not visited the property in over a year. The cottage—a two-story 1920s fieldstone retreat surrounded by five acres of weeping willows and…
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