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The Gym & The Meeting
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2026-05-24 02:30:02CATARINA
I needed to get out of that breakfast room before I lost my mind.
Jameson's questions had been pointed, his skepticism barely concealed beneath a thin veneer of casual curiosity. He didn't believe my story about my father's paranoia and family tradition. I could see it in his eyes—that sharp, assessing gaze that missed nothing.
He was going to keep digging. Keep asking questions. Keep watching me with that infuriating intensity un
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