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Hector shrugged. “Just pay the fine. Double permit fee, maybe a thousand bucks.”

A young woman named Priya with glasses and a tattoo of the Raleigh skyline on her forearm took one look at Marisol’s folder of photos, Hector’s rough sketches, and the half-eaten fig-rosemary roll she’d brought as a peace offering. city of raleigh building permits

For three weeks, she’d baked in that light. Her sourdough—the one with the fig and rosemary swirl—had started to sing. Customers lined up on East Martin Street. She was finally, impossibly, succeeding. Hector shrugged

Priya shrugged. “It’s creative interpretation. Which is half of what we do, if we’re good at our jobs.” She stamped a form. “You’ll still owe the double permit fee—$1,340—and the electrical amendment. But no steel column. No six-month wait. You can keep baking tomorrow.” For three weeks, she’d baked in that light