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Chapter 1: The Cry in the Dusk<\/h3>\n

The deal in Tokyo had fallen apart by noon. Millions gone in an instant\u2014but as I drove my black Mercedes through the quiet, tree-lined streets of my neighborhood, money was the last thing on my mind.<\/p>\n

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I was thinking about Emma. About the promise I\u2019d made to her before she died\u2014that I would protect our children no matter what. And how, in the year and a half since, I\u2019d buried myself in work to avoid the silence she left behind.<\/p>\n

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I decided to head home early. Surprise them. Take eight-year-old Sophie and eighteen-month-old Nathan to the park before dinner. Try to be the father I\u2019d promised to be.<\/p>\n

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Chapter 1: The Cry in the Dusk The deal in Tokyo had fallen apart by noon. Millions gone in an instant\u2014but as I drove my black Mercedes through the quiet, tree-lined streets of my neighborhood, money was the last thing on my mind. For illustration purposes only I was thinking about Emma. About the promise…<\/p>\n

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