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Chapter 19

Author: Eliana Rose
last update publish date: 2026-07-11 08:23:08

ERIN

The brewery felt like a cage after Marty left. I opened for business anyway, hands moving through familiar motions while my mind raced. Pour, smile, serve. Like the world hadn't just tilted off its axis. Like I wasn't carrying the child of a man who stood guard at my window each night.

Three hours later, Marty returned. Not alone this time—Marcus flanked him, face carefully neutral. They entered through the front door like customers, but everyone in the brewery went silent. Even the touris
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