Twenty years ago…The soft morning light crept gently through the tall windows of Salvatore Martinelli’s private suite, casting golden lines across the silk bedsheets and plush furnishings. A warm breeze stirred the linen curtains, and the scent of dew-kissed roses from the garden below teased the air. Somewhere outside, a bird chirped a hopeful tune.Salvatore blinked awake, still lying in bed. For a moment, he stared at the ceiling with a soft smile tugging at his lips. Seventy.He whispered it to himself like a private joke. “I’m seventy today.”He felt it — not in his bones, no. Those were still strong. But in the weight of memory. Decades of business victories, bitter betrayals, weddings, funerals, babies born, empires expanded. Yet today, he felt a rare lightness in his chest. Like a man who had climbed a mountain and paused to enjoy the view.He rolled over instinctively, hand reaching for his wife, but found only cool, empty sheets.“Sofia?” he called, half-expecting her to
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