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60 Days Before the Apocalypse,I Divorced My Cheating Husband CHAPTER 24
Frank spread the renovation plan across the hood of his truck. The Maplewood Estates villa stood behind him wrapped in scaffolding, and the Ironworks Construction banner hung from the front gate."Start with the air." Giada leaned over the blueprints, her finger tracing the basement line. "I want to know what happens when I seal this house.""Triple stage filtration on two independent systems, one in the basement and one on the second floor." Frank tapped the blue line. "First stage catches dust and particles, second is HEPA grade, third is activated carbon for anything chemical or biological. Each system runs on its own intake, so if one fails, the other keeps the house breathing.""How long can I stay locked inside before the air goes bad?" She looked at him with calm eyes that expected a real answer, not a sales pitch."Seventy two hours minimum on battery backup alone." Frank crossed his arms. "I built the carbon housings so you can swap the filters without tools, and I ordered th
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Dario walked into Mercy General on Monday morning with the hospital bill folded in his breast pocket and a calm that fooled nobody. He had not slept since Friday, and every hour had gone into thinking."I need to file a formal complaint against one of your physicians." He set the paper flat on the reception counter. "Dr. Nadia Vitale. This bill is from three years ago, and it proves she delivered a full term baby boy while telling me she had a miscarriage.""Sir, you'll need to speak with Patient Relations on the second floor." The receptionist's voice dropped. "I can't process a clinical complaint at the front desk.""Then point me to the second floor, because I am not leaving until someone tells me why a doctor in this hospital lied to her own husband about a living child." Dario pressed his finger on the bill, and the ink smudged under his thumb.He was halfway to the elevator when the lobby doors banged open and Enzo came through at a half run, his jacket hanging off one shoulder a
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On Thursday evening, one day before the payment deadline, the doorbell of the penthouse rang three times in a row, and then a small fist began to knock on the wood.Giada looked through the peephole and saw Enzo standing in the hall with Matteo on his hip, the boy wearing the little gray coat and a face already wet with tears. She did not open the door, and she did not need to, because the speaker on the wall was loud enough."Giada, I know you're in there." Enzo's voice was soft and pleading, a performance he had clearly practiced in the elevator. "Look at him. He hasn't eaten, and he keeps asking for you.""Mama Giada!" Matteo pounded the door with both hands, hiccuping on cue. "I want to come in, and I want pancakes!""Enzo, the doorman let you up without calling me." Giada leaned against the door with her arms folded, her voice calm and bright. "Are you here to deliver a child or to break a court order?""I'm here to talk like a family." He swallowed, and the pleading in his tone
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By the end of the week the loading dock at Rosewood Gardens looked like a small harbor, with pallets of plates, glasses, pots, towels, soap and laundry powder arriving every morning.Giada drove each stack to the warehouse in the afternoon, locked the big door behind her, and let it all vanish into her space until the concrete floor lay bare again."Ms. Vitale, this is the fourth kitchen you've called this week." The catering manager on her phone sounded flattered and suspicious at the same time. "Can I ask why you don't just order everything from one place?""Because I'm a loyal woman, and I like to spread my love around." Giada's laugh came low and warm as she stacked a crate of silverware on the marble counter. "Four hundred boxes, roast beef and potatoes, ready by five, and your driver gets a tip as big as his smile.""For that, I'll cook the beef myself." He chuckled, and the line clicked off.She smiled at the empty penthouse and crossed another line in her notebook. No kitchen
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Giada woke with every muscle in her body protesting, and she lay in the soft penthouse bed for a full minute before she dared to sit up."Ow." She groaned at the ceiling and swung her legs over the edge, moving like a woman of ninety. "Brooke Sullivan, I will remember this."She limped to the kitchen, made a cup of black coffee, and opened the trading app on her phone with a thumb that hardly worked. The screen lit up in bright green, and a slow, wicked smile crept over her face as she read the number at the top.Her phone rang before she could finish her second sip, and the name on it was Neil Foster, the broker who handled the handful of stocks she remembered from her old life."Good morning, Ms. Vitale." His voice was breathless and bright, the voice of a man who had been up since dawn. "Have you seen your account?""I'm looking at it right now, and I'm trying not to purr." She leaned on the counter, grinning into her cup. "How much did I make while I slept?""One point five millio
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The old Vitale house had no room left for a failure, and by six that evening Enzo and Matteo were standing on the front path with a small bag between them."Don't come back until she opens that door." Teresa tossed the car keys at Enzo's chest and slammed the screen behind her. "And keep the boy's face wet.""Mama!" Matteo pressed his nose to the glass, his gray coat buttoned to his chin. "I'm hungry, and I don't want to cry anymore.""Then think of something sad." Sal's voice drifted from the sofa, bored and cruel. "Think of your daddy's money going down the drain."The door locked with a click, and the porch light went dark. Enzo stood there with his jaw working, and the boy slipped a cold hand into his."Are we going to see Mama Giada?" Matteo peered up at him, hopeful."We're going to see the villa." Enzo yanked the car door open, his voice rough. "Get in, and don't ask me anything else."Maplewood Estates lay at the edge of the city behind a tall iron fence, and the villa at the
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