***WHY DANIEL BECAME LIKE THIS**

Daniel stood at his office window.

City lights stretched below. Endless. Glittering. Proof of power and money and success. His kingdom. His world. The empire he'd built.

But tonight it looked empty. Cold. Like staring at stars that gave no warmth.

He held whiskey. Third glass. Maybe fourth. Lost count an hour ago.

Behind him the office sat dark. Computer off. Phone silent. Work abandoned. The thing he'd chosen over his daughter's ...