Chapter 20 - Unbroken Flight
The summer sun rose over Austin with a brilliant, golden burst of light, painting the sky in vibrant shades of amber and azure.
It was Saturday morning. I stepped out onto the private balcony of my loft, holding a steaming ceramic mug of dark roast coffee, looking out over the sprawling, beautiful expanse of the city below.
My phone rested silently on the patio table. There were no midnight emergencies, no corporate threats, and no shadows from the past waiting in the clouds.
Leo’s joyful laughter echoed from inside as he woke up and started setting up his toy spaceship fleet in the living room.
I took a slow sip of my coffee, feeling the warm, steady pulse of absolute peace in my chest.
The flight was smooth. The horizon was wide open. And the code was entirely my own.
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I looked up into the vast, unbroken blue sky stretching out endlessly across the Texas morning, and smiled.
The system was running at full clock speed. And I was ready for whatever came next.
