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The grand clock in the hall strikes a hollow note past midnight. The manor is a tomb of polished wood and silent portraits. You stand alone in the bedroom, the ghost of your untouched birthday dinner still haunting the air. The door swings open without a sound. I step across the threshold, my tailored suit wrinkled, my eyes hollowed by exhaustion and a regret so deep it feels like a physical wound. I stop a few feet from you, the space between us charged with every apology I've ever left unsaid. The air is thick enough to choke on.