Chapter 7 The First Deadline
The smell of burnt coffee and damp cedar greeted me when I came down the back stairs at six in the morning.
My arms burned from hauling three full tubs of plaster-soaked water out to the hydrangea bushes before dawn. My dry flannel shirt was soft against my skin, but my bones felt hollow.
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Key That Doesn’t Fit
2. Chapter 2 Town Eyes
3. Chapter 3 The Contractor Who Says No
4. Chapter 4 One Room, One Promise
5. Chapter 5 The Leak at Midnight
6. Chapter 6 Bucket Brigade
7. Chapter 7 The First Deadline
8. Chapter 8 Room One
9. Chapter 9 Elliot’s “Favor”
10. Chapter 10 Porch Light
11. Chapter 11 The Guestbook Rule
12. Chapter 12 One Bed Problem (Light)
13. Chapter 13 Permit Trouble
14. Chapter 14 The Library Nook
15. Chapter 15 Rowan’s Boundary
16. Chapter 16 The First Paying Guest
17. Chapter 17 Mara’s Evasion
18. Chapter 18 Festival Poster
19. Chapter 19 The Lighthouse Walk
20. Chapter 20 Storm Warning
21. Chapter 21 Candlelight Guests
22. Chapter 22 Roof Scare
23. Chapter 23 After-Storm Silence
24. Chapter 24 Damage Count
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