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Chapter 3 - The Lobby

It was a Tuesday afternoon when his black town car pulled up to the gravel driveway of Rosewood House.

I was standing behind the mahogany front desk, reviewing a ledger.

The bell above the door chimed.

I didn't look up immediately.

"Excuse me," a familiar voice said. "I have a three o'clock meeting with the owner."

I froze.

Four years.

I slowly raised my head.

Nathan was standing there in a tailored gray suit.

He looked older. Tired. The arrogance that used to define him had been replaced by a quiet desperation.

He looked at me.

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He stopped breathing.

"No," he whispered, his briefcase slipping from his hand and hitting the hardwood floor. "It can't be."

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