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Author: Grace Grandi
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Chapter 9

**Cynthia's POV**

Three years had passed since I walked out of that house with nothing but a suitcase and six months to live.

Now, as I stood in the lobby of Le Lumière, one of the most exclusive restaurants in the city of Missford, I was no longer Cynthia Walker. I was Cynthia Cynclair Lauren, owner of Maison Cynclair, a Michelin three-star restaurant that had taken the culinary world by storm. Critics called my cooking "transcendent." Food journalists flew in from Tokyo and New York just to taste my signature dish, a deconstructed coq au vin that had made a renowned food critic weep.

For two years, my restaurant had been fully booked six months in advance.

I was returning to Missford University as a visiting professor, invited to teach the next generation of chefs.

"Are you ready, Cici?" My second brother, Kevin stood beside me, his presence as steady and reassuring as it had been through every nightmare of the past three years. Even in sunglasses and a deliber
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