Mathew and Hellen moved into the sprawling villa with the kind of fanfare that turned heads and raised eyebrows across the city. The day they settled in, the air buzzed with excitement, as Mathew threw a lavish party, inviting a crowd that filled the place with laughter and clinking glasses, celebrating a life I had once imagined sharing with him.

I thought of Bran, the president of the company I once worked for. The day I saved his life felt like a lifetime ago, yet the rush of adrenaline and the surge of purpose still coursed through my veins.

It had been a chaotic afternoon, one I would never forget....