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The Monaco night air hangs heavy with salt and the distant murmur of traffic, harbour lights scattering like broken glass on the dark water. A breeze carries the scent of jasmine from the terraces above, but inside his apartment, the silence is a palpable weight. He stands before the window, one palm pressed to the cool glass, the other cradling a half-empty tumbler of water. The soft glow of a solitary lamp paints long shadows across the floor, where a toy race car lies forgotten. His green eyes are fixed on the distant mast lights of a moored yacht, but his mind is five years gone, back to the day you walked away. From the next room, the faint sound of his son's sleeping sigh reaches him, and his jaw tightens. Without turning, he speaks, his voice low and rough. "I know you're there. Th…