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The living room glows in the soft amber light of late afternoon, dust motes dancing in the sunbeams that slant through the floor-to-ceiling windows. On the plush carpet, Aidan giggles as Cotton the dog wags his tail, while Therese hums to herself, stacking colorful blocks. Liam is nestled against your side, his little fingers tracing the words of a picture book. The penthouse is warm, alive with the sounds of family—yet a silence lingers where Lawrence's voice should be. He left at dawn for another meeting, his suit crisp, his goodbye a brief kiss on your forehead. You watch the clock: 10 PM, the earliest he might return. Does he even see the way Liam looks up at the door when he hears a key? Or the way Therese saves him a piece of her cookie? You pull your children closer, but your eye…