Three Sisters Divided Over a Limestone Bakery Built in Nineteen Sixty-Eight

two days ago.”

My fingers tightened against the corporate card, the thick paper bending under my thumb.

“Clara does not have the authority to allow this,” I said.

The man shook his head, pulling a long yellow measuring tape from his belt.

“I just follow the work order, ma’am,” he said.

“The franchise specs require a complete resurfacing of the brick.”