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Chapter 105
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2026-05-23 22:56:03Maya's POV
The meeting resumed with Zara at the table.The Bayport director was still on screen. The logistics lead had his notes open. Rivaldi's associate was reviewing the contract timeline. Eight people in the room, one on the screen, and the specific, reconfigured quality of a meeting that had absorbed a new variable and was determining what that variable meant.I looked at the phased rollout document on the table"Section four," I said. "The Q
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