Chapter 22 The Inside Man
The coffee shop smelled wrong, too sweet. Artificial vanilla syrup mixed with burned espresso. It made my stomach turn, but I ordered anyway. Black coffee I wouldn't drink. Props for a performance.
I picked this place deliberately. It was an old neighborhood spot in Fremont. The kind of café where n...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Ruin
2. Chapter 2 The Familiar Stranger
3. Chapter 3 The Proposal
4. Chapter 4 Say It Like a Weapon
5. Chapter 5 Say It Like a Weapon 2
6. Chapter 6 Ice Beneath Silk
7. Chapter 7 Ice Beneath Silk 2
8. Chapter 8 Mother Knows Best
9. Chapter 9 Mother Knows Best 2
10. Chapter 10 The Celebration Spell
11. Chapter 11 The Celebration Spell 2
12. Chapter 12 Quiet as a Kinfe
13. Chapter 13 Quiet as a Knife 2
14. Chapter 14 The Good Stuff
15. Chapter 15 The Good Stuff 2
16. Chapter 16 The Tempest in Silk
17. Chapter 17 Tempest in Silk 2
18. Chapter 18 A Line in the Sand
19. Chapter 19 A Line in the Sand 2
20. Chapter 20 Dragged To The Light
21. Chapter 21 Dragged To The Light 2
22. Chapter 22 The Inside Man
23. Chapter 23 The Inside Man 2
24. Chapter 24 The Fiancée
25. Chapter 25 The Fiancée 2
26. Chapter 26 Performances and Observations
27. Chapter 27 Performances and Observations 2
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