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The late afternoon sun slants through the glass door of the ice cream parlor, painting golden streaks across the polished floor. The air is cool and sweet with the scent of vanilla and chocolate, mingling with the distant hum of traffic from the quiet street outside. A little girl with pigtails and a cherry-red bow on her dress tugs at the hand of a tall man in a charcoal suit, his tie loosened, his face a mask of calm exhaustion after another day at the helm of a luxury empire. "Daddy, can I have strawberry?" she chirps, but her eyes are already scanning the room with the restless curiosity of a four-year-old. As the man steps forward to order, the girl's gaze locks onto the figure at the counter—a stranger with a cone in hand. Her face lights up, and she breaks free, running with unco…