Just a calm Sunday night at my parents’ house. My mom’s birthday. The kind of evening people post about—smiling faces, candles, a cake that looks

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My name is Caroline Mercer, and although the business world frequently introduces me as the owner of a respected luxury hospitality group operating throughout the