Chapter 45 Two Steps Away
Dinner sat untouched on the table.
The roast had gone cold. Gravy congealed in its dish. The twins had eaten already—bellies full, now tucked under blankets with the dog curled warm between them like a living bolster.
From the hallway, the glow of cartoons flickered. Mia sat at the table, listless...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 1 – Drunk Enough To Forget
2. Chapter 2 2 – A Life Already Moving On
3. Chapter 3 3 – New Hands, Old Ghosts
4. Chapter 4 A House Inherited 
5. Chapter 5 The Visitor
6. Chapter 6 Finding The Rhythm
7. Chapter 7 Neighbors
8. Chapter 8 Fault Lines
9. Chapter 9 Things Unsaid
10. Chapter 10 Lines In The Dust
11. Chapter 11 Things We Don't Say
12. Chapter 12 Almost Domestic
13. Chapter 13 The Space Between
14. Chapter 14 Two Assumptions, One Problem
15. Chapter 15 Tension Like Static
16. Chapter 16 Silence Where You Should Be
17. Chapter 17 The Taste Of Regret
18. Chapter 18 Appeased
19. Chapter 19 Lavender & Lies
20. Chapter 20 Buying Elbow Grease
21. Chapter 21 In The name Of Fatherhood (And Horniness)
22. Chapter 22 Naked Truth
23. Chapter 23 Damage Control
24. Chapter 24 A Cracked Quiet
25. Chapter 25 What Families Don't Say
26. Chapter 26 Moans And Muffled Warnings
27. Chapter 27 Just Neighbors
28. Chapter 28 The Repeat Pattern
29. Chapter 29 Family Secret
30. Chapter 30 Cracks Beneath
31. Chapter 31 Fault Lines II
32. Chapter 32 Deep In The Quiet
33. Chapter 33 Rain, Ruin And Reverence
34. Chapter 34 The Cold That Follows
35. Chapter 35 Lavender Ghosts
36. Chapter 36 Midnight Static
37. Chapter 37 Lavender And Smoke
38. Chapter 38 All The Ways To Protect Him
39. Chapter 39 Sweet Things, Sour Words
40. Chapter 40 The Taste Of Leftovers
41. Chapter 41 Wings
42. Chapter 42 Please Stay Forever
43. Chapter 43 Sunday Blues
44. Chapter 44 The Shape Of Doubt
45. Chapter 45 Two Steps Away
46. Chapter 46 A Perfect Mess
47. Chapter 47 In The Quiet
48. Chapter 48 Lavender And Fire
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