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Chapter 6 - Holden

Author: Dakota Lyons
last update Last Updated: 2024-07-30 04:44:13

The board members started walking into the conference room. Here we go, everything has to go well. I was greeting each member as they sat down. I knew most of them very well because they had lived their whole lives. There were maybe two of them that had only lived in Chance for a couple of years. They were from larger cities and wanted to live the small time life without all of the hustle and bustle. They moved to the right place for sure. Just as the last board member came in, I had to do a double take when I saw that red hair. There is no way that Mayson was walking in the door. Why would she be here? Just as I was about to say something to her, Seth turned around and his jaw just dropped. He looked over at me and said “What the hell is she doing here?”

Before I could make a response to Seth, Councilman Jordan spoke up and said, “Holden I would like you to meet Miss Mayson Cole. She is going to be the architect on this project, if all goes well.” He was one of the board members th
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