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Author: Loe_ells
last update publish date: 2026-04-01 01:46:58

Chapter Fourteen — Thursday

Roseanne's POV

My father's name sat on the screen like a warning.

He never called on Sundays. Sunday was his travel day — airport lounges and delayed flights and one-word texts saying he had landed. A call meant something had changed. A call this early in the week meant someone had reached him first.

I looked at Elle.

She looked at the phone.

"Answer it," she said quietly.

I picked it up. "Dad."

"Roseanne." His voice was even. Measured. The tone he used in meetings,
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