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SICK MILLIONAIRE MAKES A REQUEST TO THE NURSE: HIS WIFE COMES IN WITH THE WILL... Marcel Garnier stared at the large window of his hospital room, where the gray light of Paris filtered through the thick curtains. The sky seemed to reflect his state of mind: heavy, uncertain, and full of regrets. In this silence interrupted by the regular beep of the heart monitor, he let himself be invaded by the memories of his life. Twenty years ago, he was the most respected man in Lyon, a textile magnate whose name resonated in all the boardrooms and fashion shows. Everything seemed to smile on him: a flourishing business, public recognition, and a life of luxury that few could imagine. Yet, behind this impeccable facade, Marcel had sacrificed the most important thing: his family. He had lost Fanny, his only daughter, in an argument that had marked a point of no return. The words exchanged that day remained engraved in him, words he would have liked to erase, apologies he had never had the courage to formulate. Time waits for no one, and Marcel was now living proof of that. Diagnosed with incurable cancer, he had spent the last six months in Paris, far from his country home, in this private hospital where each day seemed to melt into the next. Despite the attentive care of the staff, he could not escape this feeling of abandonment. His company, once his refuge, no longer brought him any consolation. Agnès, his second wife, had taken the reins in his absence, and their relationship had been reduced to purely formal exchanges.