Chapter 22 Scars That Breathe
Theo’s POV
Three months pass like scar tissue—slow to form, ugly at first, then tough enough to hold everything together.
The bakery reopens after two weeks of police tape and hazmat cleaners. Marcus hangs a new sign above the door: REED FAMILY BAKERY – EST. 1998 – STILL STANDING. Customers trickle ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Under Control
2. Chapter 2 No Compromise
3. Chapter 3 Cracks in the Ice
4. Chapter 4 Edge of Control
5. Chapter 5 Public Claim
6. Chapter 6 Suffocating Need
7. Chapter 7 The Twist
8. Chapter 8 Fallout & Rebuild
9. Chapter 9 Raw Devotion
10. Chapter 10 Endless Hunger
11. Chapter 11 Still Mine
12. Chapter 12 Cracks in the Doorframe
13. Chapter 13 Brother at the Threshold
14. Chapter 14 Flour & Possession
15. Chapter 15 Blueprints & Bruises
16. Chapter 16 Lot 7, Maple Street
17. Chapter 17 The Chicago Shadow
18. Chapter 18 The Reckoning
19. Chapter 19 The Knife in the Drawer
20. Chapter 20 The Envelope
21. Chapter 21 The Interrogation Room
22. Chapter 22 Scars That Breathe
23. Chapter 23 Ribbon & Rings
24. Chapter 24 Ribbon & Rings (Expanded)
25. Chapter 25 The Last Envelope
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