Chapter 5

Nolan had learned that lesson years earlier in rooms far more dangerous than this one, where the first person to lose his temper was usually the first person to lose the fight. He kept his weight balanced, his breathing even, and let the five of them fill the silence with whatever they needed to say.Chase bragged that his father could get Nolan's little fitness program shut down with a single phone call, glancing at the logo on his jacket without recognizing what it actually meant. Vivian then spotted an envelope stamped with the city clerk's seal peeking out of the open toolbox and snatched it before Nolan could stop her. She read his name aloud and mocked the idea that a maintenance worker would waste his time submitting a formal objection to a project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.Nolan reached out and took the envelope back, careful not to grab her wrist too hard, warning her quietly that she did not have the right to go through another person's belongings. Preston immediately spun the moment into content for his growing audience, declaring loudly that the man was threatening Vivian Ashcroft in broad daylight.A small crowd began to gather, drawn by the raised voices and the sight of five polished strangers surrounding one man in work clothes. Some recognized Nolan as the volunteer coach who ran the free morning sessions near the river, though none of them knew anything about the life he had lived before that.Sensing she finally had witnesses, Vivian decided this was the perfect opportunity to make an example out of anyone who dared to challenge her family's project. She gestured for the other four to spread out, and without quite meaning to, they formed a loose circle around Nolan, cutting off every easy path of retreat.

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