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The fluorescent lights buzzed like trapped insects overhead, washing the polished oak benches in a cold, clinical light. Specks of dust drifted through the slanted bars of afternoon sun piercing the high windows. You sat rigidly, fingers digging into the armrest's worn wood, the air thick with the scent of old law books and stifled emotion. Across the aisle, Marcus's shoulders were a tense line beneath his suit, his jaw set like carved stone. When he rose, the entire room seemed to still. His voice, deep and deliberate, cut the silence like a blade. "Your Honor, I still love my wife, and I will not agree to this divorce." The judge's gavel echoed, adjourning the session. Marcus turned, his unyielding gaze finding yours, waiting.