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The hotel suite overlooking the Chicago River was quiet, save for the low hum of the climate control unit and the faint, distant wail of a city siren. / Chapter 9 / 10

Chapter 9 - THE EVENING PEACEAs dusk settled over the Chicago River, painting the water in brilliant hues of gold and copper, I walked out onto the private balcony of my new penthouse office.

The city stretched out beneath me, vast, powerful, and completely open.

No locked doors. No ticking clocks. No fear.

Just the quiet, unshakable strength of a woman who had taken her life back.

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