Troubled Heart
“Land theft. Bribery. Federal zoning violations. Obstruction. Blackmail. Arson. If we stitch this right, no one can touch her story without touching the truth.”
“We don’t just take her down,” I added. “We protect every future Four Pines from becoming collateral.”
She looked up at me, eyes blazing, not with anger this time but purposefully.
“I’ve been fighting so long, I forgot what it felt like to build something,” Makayla said.
I leaned over, pressing a kiss to her temple. “Then let’s build a reckoning.”
And we turned back to the screen, shoulder to shoulder, crafting the story Stacey Sherbourn could never erase—because we weren’t just telling it anymore. We were finishing it. Together.
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