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The house Ethan Hayes lived in was not just large; it was a sprawling monument to his success, filled with velvet, polished mahogany, and an oppressive, suffocating silence. / Chapter 7 / 9

Chapter 8 - THE TRUTH COMES OUTEthan didn't fight back in the room. He walked out, left his phone, his keys, and his portfolio. He drove to the small apartment where Sarah lived. He didn't come as a billionaire; he came as a man who had lost his armor.

"They’re trying to strip me of everything," he told her.

Sarah looked at him, not with fear, but with the same unwavering strength she had shown in the market aisle. "Good," she said. "You were too big for your own soul anyway."

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The heavy mahogany door of the east gallery closed softly behind me, but the silence inside did not comfort me. It pressed down like lead.

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