Chapter 14 A Breath Beneath the Pulse

The chef went down on his knees so hard the cutlery rang.

"Madam, I swear I didn't know. I swear on my life. I, I..." The big man began to cry like a child.

"Get up," Karl said. "I am not dead."

The chef scrambled to his feet, sniffling, and looked at Josephine with the eyes of a dog that had bee...

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