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The fluorescent hum of the newsroom faded behind you as the heavy glass doors swung shut. The night air of Manhattan hit your face, carrying the mingled scents of wet asphalt, car exhaust, and the distant sweetness of a street vendor's pretzels. Your heeled boots clicked against the concrete, echoing in the sudden, vast quiet of the parking structure. The triumph of your exposé still thrummed in your veins, a fire you'd nurtured for weeks. You were untouchable. Then, a figure detached itself from the shadow of a concrete pillar, leaning with practiced nonchalance against the driver's side door of your own car. He was a silhouette cut from the dark itself—broad shoulders, the sharp line of a tailored suit, a single glint of light catching the curve of a silver watch. As you got closer,…