Chapter 76 Ground Rules
She showed up at 9:00 a.m. exactly, coffee in each hand, and set one down in front of me without saying anything about it.
"Ground— ground rules," she said, dropping into the chair across from mine. "I want them written down. Actual words, not... not vibes."
"Written down where?"
"Doesn't matter. Pa...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Lobby Smelled Like Money
2. Chapter 2 He Doesn't Blink
3. Chapter 3 Reasonable Explanations
4. Chapter 4 The Coincidence Problem
5. Chapter 5 What He Sees
6. Chapter 6 Her Father's Hands
7. Chapter 7 The Promotion
8. Chapter 8 Forty Feet
9. Chapter 9 Small Talk Is a Weapon
10. Chapter 10 The Apartment
11. Chapter 11 The Building He Owns
12. Chapter 12 Two Months
13. Chapter 13 Marginalia
14. Chapter 14 The Gala
15. Chapter 15 Touch Her and I'll Dismantle You
16. Chapter 16 The Tea Brand
17. Chapter 17 Notebooks
18. Chapter 18 Late Night
19. Chapter 19 Thess Notices
20. Chapter 20 The Line
21. Chapter 21 Compliance Ghosts
22. Chapter 22 Dinner
23. Chapter 23 The Glass Shard
24. Chapter 24 The Notebook Entry
25. Chapter 25 Father's Day
26. Chapter 26 Élise
27. Chapter 27 The Old File
28. Chapter 28 Business Trip
29. Chapter 29 Room 412
30. Chapter 30 The Hallway
31. Chapter 31 The Client Dinner
32. Chapter 32 The Drive Back
33. Chapter 33 What He Knows and What He Doesn't
34. Chapter 34 Morning Run
35. Chapter 35 Thess Digs
36. Chapter 36 The Archive
37. Chapter 37 He Knows She Knows
38. Chapter 38 The Warning
39. Chapter 39 After Hours
40. Chapter 40 The First Thread Pulled
41. Chapter 41 The Question She Can't Ask Her Father
42. Chapter 42 Damage Control
43. Chapter 43 The Olive Branch
44. Chapter 44 The Confession (Part 1)
45. Chapter 45 The Confession (Part 2)
46. Chapter 46 The Arrangement
47. Chapter 47 The Third Night
48. Chapter 48 The Tenth Night
49. Chapter 49 Haverford
50. Chapter 50 The Habit
51. Chapter 51 First Kiss
52. Chapter 52 Undone
53. Chapter 53 The Morning After
54. Chapter 54 Two Floors Down
55. Chapter 55 Every Night
56. Chapter 56 Unlisted
57. Chapter 57 The Locks
58. Chapter 58 Here
59. Chapter 59 New Privileges
60. Chapter 60 Four Minutes
61. Chapter 61 Lucky Guess
62. Chapter 62 The Blue Dot
63. Chapter 63 Patterns
64. Chapter 64 Curating
65. Chapter 65 Not Mutually Exclusive
66. Chapter 66 Lucky Guess
67. Chapter 67 Four Clicks
68. Chapter 68 Manufactured
69. Chapter 69 Compiling
70. Chapter 70 41 Hours
71. Chapter 71 Two Options
72. Chapter 72 Terms
73. Chapter 73 Threads
74. Chapter 74 Peter Halloway
75. Chapter 75 Halloway
76. Chapter 76 Ground Rules
77. Chapter 77 Harmon-Gale
78. Chapter 78 Soon
79. Chapter 79 The Code
80. Chapter 80 What He Built
81. Chapter 81 Digging
82. Chapter 82 A Father's Advice
83. Chapter 83 Montreaux Estate
84. Chapter 84 Same As
85. Chapter 85 No More Pieces
86. Chapter 86 Three Years
87. Chapter 87 Everything
88. Chapter 88 Shape
89. Chapter 89 Not Yet
90. Chapter 90 The Photograph
91. Chapter 91 Eleven Days
92. Chapter 92 Overdrive
93. Chapter 93 The List
94. Chapter 94 Pulling the Thread
95. Chapter 95 The Log
96. Chapter 96 She Doesn't Do Scared
97. Chapter 97 Frosted Glass
98. Chapter 98 He Said Your Name
99. Chapter 99 Consulting Work
100. Chapter 100 Kingshollow
101. Chapter 101 Warm Hands
102. Chapter 102 Astrid's Eyes
103. Chapter 103 The Chair She Sat In
104. Chapter 104 He Was Waiting
105. Chapter 105 Every Word
106. Chapter 106 Fourteen
107. Chapter 107 Still Fourteen
108. Chapter 108 3:47
109. Chapter 109 The Same Jacket
110. Chapter 110 Still There
111. Chapter 111 One Frame
112. Chapter 112 Where You Sleep
113. Chapter 113 Nine A.M.
114. Chapter 114 The Door at the End
115. Chapter 115 Still Locked
116. Chapter 116 The Fourth Day
117. Chapter 117 What He Built
118. Chapter 118 I Found My Face On His Wall
119. Chapter 119 He Counted Every Single Day
120. Chapter 120 I Was A Photo On His Wall
121. Chapter 121 She Called Me A Stalker
122. Chapter 122 You Would Already Be Dead
123. Chapter 123 He Didn't Follow Her
124. Chapter 124 He Didn't Deny It
125. Chapter 125 I Handed Her The Keys
126. Chapter 126 He Showed Me Everything
127. Chapter 127 He Memorized My Face
128. Chapter 128 I Can't Unsee The Wall
129. Chapter 129 Both Things Are True
130. Chapter 130 I Didn't Knock
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