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Chapter 36
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2026-04-09 08:52:19Mason's POV
The screen didn't change.I stared at it for a full thirty seconds, waiting for it to correct itself, for the system to refresh, for a filing error to resolve, for some technical explanation that would restore the numbers I had been looking at every morning for twenty years.The numbers did not restore.Maya Hargrove.... 80%Mason Hargrove.... 10%Others.... 10%I pressed refresh.The numbers stayed.I pressed it a
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