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Chapter 126 – The Fracture Line
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2025-12-25 22:16:47The fracture did not announce itself.
There was no headline, no sudden collapse of markets or mass resignations. It appeared instead as tension in conversations that once flowed easily. As hesitation in emails drafted and redrafted before being sent. As pauses in meetings where decisions used to arrive quickly.
Evelyn felt it everywhere.
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