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Chapter 189 - Like Father, Like Son

Leonard stood in front of his father's office door for longer than necessary. It still bore the faint scuff mark from when he'd kicked it years ago, a teenager's anger turned physical in a moment of fury. He remembered the sting in his foot more than the argument itself.

He exhaled quietly and pushed the door open.

The scent hit him first. Leather-bound books, old parchment, cigar smoke that lingered even though Winston hadn't smoked indoors for years. Time had preserved the office like a mausoleum, each object neatly placed, untouched since his father's death.

Leonard walked inside slowly, as if afraid the room might collapse with a single touch. The grandfather clock still ticked in the corner. His father had hated silence. "Even silence must be filled with purpose," his father used to say.

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