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Mike let out a long sigh, his head slumping back onto the cold marble desk. His breathing sounded heavy, reeking of cheap whiskey and expensive cigars—a scent that now triggered a wave of nausea in my stomach. The steady rhythm of his snoring was no longer a soothing lullaby, but the heartbeat of a time bomb that had begun to tick.​My own heart was pounding with a painful intensity. I did not have much time. Pale moonlight slipped in through the gaps in the studio curtains, providing just enough light for me to work in the shadows. With hands shaking violently, I took out my phone.​Every second felt like an hour being dragged out by force. I photographed every single document: photos of Elana a few days before the incident, newspaper clippings about the "accident" that never reached the editor's desk, and medical records—every piece of evidence pointing to Mike. The shutter of my phone made a faint click, a sound that to my ears felt like a gunshot in the middle of the silence of a

The night was late. The city below looked like a cold blanket of gems from behind the large glass window of my apartment—a magnificent view that should have made anyone feel powerful, but for me, it was just the background of the golden cage that I had designed myself. I had already fallen asleep, or at least was trying to force myself to drift into unconsciousness, when the sound of the electronic door opening with a hard slam broke the silence of this penthouse.​I woke up instantly. My heart pounded, a survival instinct that never truly faded. Before I could even get up, a stinging scent mixed with expensive single malt whiskey, sweat, and thick cigar smoke began to fill the air, creeping into the bedroom like a toxic fog. Unsteady, heavy, and rhythm-less footsteps echoed on the marble floor of the living room, before finally stopping right at the threshold of my bedroom door.​Mike.​He stood there, his sturdy silhouette looking like a monster that had just emerged from a cave of