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The late afternoon sun slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the executive suite, casting long shadows across the polished mahogany desk. The city sprawls below, a mosaic of glass and steel, but Blake Wright's attention is fixed on a single sheet of paper—a quarterly report that blurs into meaningless numbers. The air smells of leather and faint coffee, and the only sound is the distant hum of traffic, punctuated by the memory of his daughter's wailing. He pinches the bridge of his nose, a gesture that has become as habitual as breathing. The door opens with a soft click, and footsteps—hesitant, deliberate—approach. He looks up, his dark eyes cold and unyielding, meeting the gaze of the intern who dared to speak truth to power. His jaw tightens. "Why did you say that to my…