Chapter 6 - A New Flavor
We returned to New York to find The Copper Spoon had become a sensation. The public loved the "Chef and the Syndicate Boss" story. We were the city's new royalty—the unconventional power couple.
But we weren't interested in the spotlight. We spent our days building a quiet, powerful life in the middle of a noisy, chaotic city. Julian began to divest from the darker aspects of his business, moving toward legitimate investments, and I expanded the restaurant, opening a culinary school for underprivileged kids—a project funded by the very syndicate that had once been the city's greatest fear.
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Aunt Diane reached out once. A letter, begging for money, claiming she was destitute.
I didn't answer. I didn't even read it. I threw it in the trash, alongside the old bread I’d been tossing out for years.
