No one in the small town of Darsfield ever questioned Elira Voss. She was the kind of woman people admired from a distance—composed, successful, and untouchably private. As the owner of the town’s largest textile company, she employed half the community and carried herself with a quiet authority that discouraged gossip. Her life seemed perfectly arranged, like the rows of fabric she oversaw each day. Until Arben arrived. He wasn’t supposed to matter. Arben was just the son of one of her longtime employees, a university student home for the summer. He started helping out at the factory temporarily—filing papers,...
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