The letter sat on her kitchen table for three days before she opened it.Not because she forgot it was there. She saw it every morning when she made coffee, every evening when she fed the boys, every night when she sat down to work. Thick cream envelope, city council seal, her name typed neatly across the front. She knew what it was her contact at the Velgorod Heritage Committee had sent a text two days before saying something was coming.She just wasn't ready to make a decision until she had to.On the third day, Niko picked it up off the table and tried to open it himself."That's mine," Katya said."You didn't open it," he said, which was completely fair.She took it from him, sat down, and tore the top.* * *The project was enormous.Full restoration of the Velgorod Monastery and City Center — fifteen buildings, a public square, two courtyards, and the river walkway that connected the old city to the modern district. Two-year contract. The budget listed was the kind of number Kat
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