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I came home from my trip and slid my key into the lock. It wouldn’t turn. I tried again. Nothing. I called my son. “Ryan… what’s going on?” He sighed. “Dad, this is for your own good. We sold the house.” Behind him, Diane nodded like it was the most reasonable thing in the world. “You’ll be better off, Walter.” I slowly sat down on the porch steps, looking at the door that used to be mine. Then I smiled… and texted my lawyer.

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Tanaka.

She wasn’t in her usual professional attire today, no briefcase or high heels. She wore a simple jacket and jeans, her hair pulled back in a casual ponytail. She looked… human. And for the first time since all this began, Walter saw her not as his sharp-edged lawyer, but as something else—perhaps even a friend.

“Walter,” she said, her voice softer continue reading …

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