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Chapter 52: First Real Date

Author: Eleanor Vance
last update publish date: 2026-01-10 14:14:22

The restaurant was tucked between a laundromat and a bookstore. Small. Easy to miss. Red awning faded from sun. The kind of place locals knew about but tourists walked past.

Noah held the door open. Leighton stepped inside. The smell of garlic and tomatoes hit immediately. Warm. Rich. Her stomach growled.

"You weren't kidding about the lighting," she said.

Two dim bulbs hung from the ceiling. Candles on each table barely pushed back the shadows. She could see maybe three feet in front of her.

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