Chapter 23 The perfect negotiation
POV: First Person (Samuel Reed)
The supplier slammed an invoice onto my workbench hard enough that a socket set rattled off the edge.
"Those prices are gone," he said. "Steel's up and rubber's up and labor's up. Take it or leave it."
"We've bought from him for years," Jake muttered beside me.
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The man who thinks he owns everything
2. Chapter 2 The first proof
3. Chapter 3 Not the first
4. Chapter 4 Money that doesn't feel earned
5. Chapter 5 The bank says no
6. Chapter 6 Mother doesn't ask questions
7. Chapter 7 The first crack
8. Chapter 8 Everyone Lies
9. Chapter 9 Leave before you are forced to
10. Chapter 10 The mechanic who doesn't back down
11. Chapter 11 The debt collector
12. Chapter 12 The price of fear
13. Chapter 13 A better mechanic
14. Chapter 14 Investigation
15. Chapter 15 Checkmate 
16. Chapter 16 A man who doesn't raise his voice
17. Chapter 17 The offer everyone wants
18. Chapter 18 Reading between heartbeats
19. Chapter 19 The woman with too many questions
20. Chapter 20 The meeting at Bennett's Diner
21. Chapter 21 The second garage
22. Chapter 22 Secrets between friends
23. Chapter 23 The perfect negotiation
24. Chapter 24 The price of winning
25. Chapter 25 The rival's handshake
26. Chapter 26 Invisible pressure
27. Chapter 27 Take the Diner instead
28. Chapter 28 The truth about Jake
29. Chapter 29 The reward I refuse
30. Chapter 30 Ashes
31. Chapter 31 Nothing left but ashes
32. Chapter 32 Mercy has a cost
33. Chapter 33 The woman who invests in miracles
34. Chapter 34 Brick by brick
35. Chapter 35 The smile that never breaks
36. Chapter 36 The third skill
37. Chapter 37 Emily's Evidence
38. Chapter 38 Business is war
39. Chapter 39 A house with no footprints
40. Chapter 40 The town stands up
41. Chapter 41 The coldest argument
42. Chapter 42 The detective watches
43. Chapter 43 A perfect victory
44. Chapter 44 Host twenty two
45. Chapter 45 The first evaluation
46. Chapter 46 The reporter returns
47. Chapter 47 Ghost money
48. Chapter 48 The hacker
49. Chapter 49 The investigator
50. Chapter 50 Lines we cross
51. Chapter 51 Buying the enemy
52. Chapter 52 Pressure
53. Chapter 53 The leak
54. Chapter 54 Enemies Everywhere
55. Chapter 55 The debt changes hands
56. Chapter 56 The last bluff
57. Chapter 57 Public fall
58. Chapter 58 Arrest
59. Chapter 59 Phase two
60. Chapter 60 A bigger shadow
61. Chapter 61 The empty throne
62. Chapter 62 The new offer
63. Chapter 63 Thinking Bigger
64. Chapter 64 Tier Four
65. Chapter 65 The warehouse
66. Chapter 66 The Boardroom
67. Chapter 67 The People's leader
68. Chapter 68 The warning
69. Chapter 69 Old Friends
70. Chapter 70 Assembly Line
71. Chapter 71 Invisible enemy
72. Chapter 72 Redacted
73. Chapter 73 The First log
74. Chapter 74 No more coincidences
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