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Three years ago, I told my amnesiac wife, Erica Dixon, we should break up. She nodded coldly, like she was brushing off a beggar. I thought that was the end of our story. I went to South Priland to watch the great migration, to Onario to chase the northern lights. In the end, I settled down in a snowy mountain town in Arioland and bought a small café, planning to spend the rest of my life there. I didn't expect three years after our breakup, my name would show up on international headlines right next to a global wanted notice. Erica, the woman who controlled a trillion-dollar empire, had mobilized every intelligence network and resource at her disposal, all to find me. That day, a helicopter landed outside my café. The cabin door opened, and Erica stepped out in a red dress, walking toward me through the swirling snow. Behind her stood the world's top mercenaries. Her eyes were rimmed red, but her voice was as commanding as ever. She said, "Samuel, this game of hide-and-seek is over."