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Chapter Ten - The Meeting

Author: OPRAH JAE
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-14 06:03:30

The cafe on Maple Street was alive with a quiet buzz. Cups clinked against saucers, the hiss of the espresso machine punctuated the background hum, and the aroma of roasted beans mixed with the sweetness of fresh pastries. It was a cozy little place, one Elena had chosen with careful deliberation. Neutral ground. Public. Bright enough that shadows couldn’t creep in.

She had arrived ten minutes early, unable to sit still at home. Her nerves were a knot in her chest. A week had passed since the night at DuBois Lounge the night when the air had cracked open with revelations and tears, when she’d seen her father not as a distant ghost but as a shattered man begging for forgiveness. That night had left her restless. She hadn’t slept much since, replaying his words in her mind, trying to separate truth from excuse.

And now, here she was, waiting for him.

Elena sat near the window, her coat draped neatly over the back of the chair. She cupped her hands around the mug in front of her, though
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