As a billionaire, I came to tear down my old home, but froze at the sight of my “dead” wife holding a child. Seeing his little face, my legs gave out and a sob broke from my throat. I reached out, crying, “Is… is that my son?” With a terrified look, she slammed the door and whispered, “Forgive me…”

It had felt like a grotesque theatrical performance. Afterward, I had locked the heavy oak door of the house on Maple Street, thrown the key into a lockbox, and buried myself alive beneath mountains of corporate contracts and hostile takeovers. Grief, I discovered, was far easier to manage when it was translated into cold, unfeeling numbers.

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