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Chapter 92 — Saturday Morning

Author: Evve
last update publish date: 2026-04-29 17:14:57

POV: Lewis | Location: Edinburgh

"Which street," she'd asked last night.

He'd told her. She hadn't replied after that.

Lewis stood in the Marchmont flat at eight forty-three on Saturday morning, coffee from the corner shop going cold in his hand, and looked at the space that was, as of Thursday, legally his.

Third floor. High ceilings. Two bedrooms and a box room that could become a third. The Edinburgh light came through the front windows in a way that made the bare walls look almost finished.
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