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Apr 05, 2026

Part 2: A Faint Ticking Sound from Inside the Safe

The door opens wider.

Inside — no money, no jewels.

Only a leather file, a faded photograph, and a silver pocket watch, ticking loudly.

The boy picks up the photograph.

Close-up: the wealthy man, younger… standing beside another man who has the same eyes as the boy.

Gasps spread across the room.

BOY (softly): “My father.”

The wealthy man turns pale and stumbles back.

MAN (panicking): “Close it. Now.”

No one moves. Everyone keeps filming.

The boy opens the leather file and scans a page.