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The Thakur estate was a cathedral of stillness at this late hour, broken only by the whisper of turning pages and the faint, distant heartbeat of the city beyond the vast windows. A solitary lamp pooled warm light onto the leather sofa where Vikram Thakur sat, his sharp silhouette a stark cutout against the surrounding gloom. He moved with the exacting grace of a man who commanded every space he entered, yet tonight, his formidable attention was entirely claimed by the fortress of documents before him. The atmosphere around him was frigid, detached, as if an invisible barrier isolated him from the rest of the world. You stood nearby, a phantom in your own home, attempting to span the growing distance with words that seemed to vanish into the void. When your voice sharpened with frustratio…