Chapter 34
POV: Emma
Something wasn't adding up.
The more I learned about Damian, the less he resembled the man who had first walked into Brookside looking completely lost.
He still couldn't fold a fitted sheet.
He still believed every instruction manual was "optional reading."
Yet whenever a real problem appeared...
He became oddly competent.
That contradiction refused to leave my mind.
I was sorting maintenance receipts in the office when Leo rushed in holding a letter.
"We've got bad news."
"I've had coffee. I can handle it."
He handed me the envelope.
I opened it.
My smile vanished.
The building's insurance premium had increased.
Again.
"We can't keep absorbing these costs," I murmured.
Leo scratched his head.
"So... what do we do?"
"I honestly don't know."
A calm
