OWNED BY THE MAFIA BILLIONAIRE
The woodstove still burned most evenings, but the windows stayed open longer each day, letting in birdsong, the drip of melting snow from the eaves, the distant rumble of thaw-swollen streams.
Marcus had claimed the small shed behind the house as his workspace. Nothing fancy: a workbench salvaged from the garage, a single bulb hanging from a frayed cord, tools arranged with meticulous care on a pegboard he’d built himself. He spent hours there, carving—nothing ambitious, just small things. A spoon with a handle shaped like a twisted vine. A shallow bowl with faint ridges that caught the light like water ripples. A tiny wooden bird with one wing slightly crooked, as though it had once flown t
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