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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - The Investigator

Author: OPRAH JAE
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Harry had left town two days earlier, telling Elena he needed to “settle some matters at the Dubois Lounge,” a vague explanation that carried more shadows than clarity. He didn’t elaborate, and Elena, lost in her own grief and the confusion of her feelings toward him, didn’t push. But Harry had not gone to the city for business, not the kind Elena imagined. The moment he saw Don standing at her father’s funeral, smirking with that quiet dominance that made Elena shrink into herself, something ignited inside him. It wasn’t just protectiveness; it was fury.

Elena was afraid of that man. That alone was enough reason for Harry to declare war.

He knew he couldn’t confront Don blindly. Men like Don weren’t common street thugs; they were snakes with networks, power, and secrets buried so deep that pulling the wrong thread could snap the whole rope and choke the one pulling. Harry wasn’t taking chances. Not with Elena. Not with Naomi. Not with Miguel’s memory.

So the moment he arrived in the
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