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Chapter 37: At the Table

POV: Jamie

The smell of garlic and adobo filled his mother’s kitchen, familiar and grounding. Jamie had been craving home all week, craving something solid to stand on when the rest of his life felt like quicksand.

But as he set the table with his little sister, Mari, he couldn’t shake the feeling that he’d walked into an ambush.

Because Levi was here.

Levi, in his pressed shirt and lawyer’s scowl, leaning against the counter like he was cross-examining the roast chicke
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