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Chapter 91
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2026-05-17 22:08:02Maya's POV
I had come upstairs with the specific purpose of ending the evening... drawing a line under it, filing it, converting the accumulated weight of the past several hours into a manageable form that could be set aside until morning. The dinner. Richard's voice in the corridor. The water on my dress. The doorway. The driveway I changed out of my clothes, washed my face, sat on the edge of the bed. Tried to think about the Rivaldi filing.
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