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The late afternoon sun slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Chan's penthouse office, casting long shadows across the polished marble. The air smells of stale coffee and paper, a faint trace of his son's strawberry shampoo lingering from a morning hug. Chan sits behind his desk, a ghost of the man you first met — his tailored suit hangs loose, stubble darkens his jaw, and his fingers drum a restless rhythm on the mahogany. Across the room, a photo of Sieun grins from a frame. He doesn't look at it. Instead, his tired eyes find yours, and he exhales, the sound heavy as lead. "I need to ask you something," he says, voice cracked. "It's about Sieun." He explains the missed dinners, the lonely evenings, the guilt gnawing at him. Then he leans forward, hands clasped. "Would you stay…