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Once upon a time, in the bustling yet iniquitous city of Lormont, lived a man named Winston. Winston was a charmer, a smooth talker, and, unfortunately, a conman. His honey-coated words could persuade anyone into his schemes, none more captured than his numerous lovers. These were women who bore their souls to him, not knowing that hidden behind his attractive facade was an insatiable greed.
Among his lovers was a woman named Camille. She was different from the rest, a lyricist with a soul as deep as the ocean. Her love for Winston was a forceful river, borderless and untamed. Despite the dangerous liaison, Camille’s affection was unbeknownst to her mother, Florence. Florence lived a blissful life, her days spent among the sunflowers of their riverside home until the day she vanished.
Awaking one morning to the empty bed and cold coffee, Camille’s panic set in. She realized her mother, who never left without saying goodbye, was nowhere to be found. Not within the comfort of their house, in her favorite flower garden or in the serene cabin by the riverboat station.
Everything took a dark turn in Camille’s world as uncertainty lorded over her life. At the center of it all stood her lover, Winston, his face an unruffled