Jimmy worked the north line until his shoulders burned.He did not look toward the garden. He did not look toward the east posts. He kept his eyes on the wire and the posts and the dry ground under his boots. The words from last night still sat under his ribs, but he gave them no more air. He just pulled, twisted, and checked.Lily-Rose moved through the garden rows with the watering can. Water darkened the soil around each plant. Her hands were steady. Her face stayed calm. Inside, the open space from the question still felt wide. She had told the truth. Jimmy had walked away from it. Jax had stayed in the middle. None of it felt finished.On the east side Jax walked the fence alone. He fixed one loose post and checked the next. His mind kept turning the same way. He had stepped fully in. He had taken her while she still carried Reed in her head. Now the honesty rule had shown him something he did not know how to hold: she could not close the door on the man he had brought into the h
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