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Chapter 11 - The Man at the Bookstore

I met Daniel Mercer at an independent bookstore two years later.

History professor.

Widower.

No organized crime.

No billion-dollar empire.

He dropped three books.

I helped.

Extremely uncinematic.

We became friends.

Then dinner.

Then more.

I told him everything before things became serious.

He said, “That sounds exhausting.”

Best response possible.

May you like

He never tried to rescue.

I noticed.

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