“WHOEVER CAN MAKE MY SON SPEAK WILL MARRY ME.” ANNOUNCED THE BILLIONAIRE—AND THE MAID LEFT EVERY GUEST SPEECHLESS. gl The first thing the guests notice inside Preston Hale’s Aspen mansion is not the priceless art or the crystal chandeliers, but the silence, a heavy, suffocating quiet that money cannot disguise or distract from. Two years earlier, this house pulsed with music and laughter, the stage for tech billionaire Preston’s legendary parties, where investors toasted his genius and glossy ma