# Chapter 21 Unresolved-Threads Protection Audit

- `PROTECTED-HELD — thread: fake relationship public lie — strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted — "Can we talk? Sonia's. You pick the day and time and I'll be there." / "If you'd rather not, I understand." — why it is not resolution: Theo has asked for a private conversation and immediately hedged; no reply lands in Ch21, and the cohort/fake-couple artifact path remains untouched.`

- `PROTECTED-HELD — thread: Theo's nephew identity public secret — strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted — "You knew what was printed in the '96. Your sister's name. Mine." — why it is not resolution: June already knows the family fact; the scene confronts Odile privately and does not disclose nephew identity to the cohort.`

- `PROTECTED-HELD — thread: Odile knew from night one and manipulated the class — strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted — "I put that page where you would find it. On purpose." — why it is not resolution: this gives the catalog placement true-partial but does not reveal that Odile knew the couple category was false from night one or claim this was the whole of her involvement.`

- `PROTECTED-HELD — thread: June's New York decision / material follow-through — strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted — "Can we talk? Sonia's. You pick the day and time..." — why it is not resolution: Theo still does not know Tasker/Asha/Kessler/Dana facts and the romance conversation cannot decide the city.`

- `PROTECTED-HELD — thread: class learns fake start through artifact/label — strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted — "the labeled bar outward where anyone walking through the stockroom could read exactly what was there and no one could see it" — why it is not resolution: the portrait is findable but hidden; the public artifact disclosure remains protected for the showcase.`

- `PROTECTED-HELD — thread: Theo's finished portrait stays consent-governed — strongest resolution-candidate moment quoted — "painted side faced to the wall, the labeled bar outward where anyone walking through the stockroom could read exactly what was there and no one could see it" — why it is not resolution: the portrait is finished, labeled, and withheld from display; its moral/consent status is still for June to decide later.`

- `NOT-TOUCHED — thread: Priya/Ben's lease thread pays before showcase.`

`QUICK-TEST: 1 of 5 conflicts introduced in this chapter were resolved within their own scene — verdict: JOGGING (1/5 minority).`

Same-scene-resolved conflict list:
- Catalog return accounting is introduced at "The box was inside the freight door" and resolved logistically at "*8 rtn'd 12/4, via R. Kim / S. Rivera*" plus Odile's `O.M.` initials.
- Theo/Odile responsibility conflict is introduced at "You sent me for those" and not resolved; Odile grants partial ownership but no absolution.
- Fear-canvas avoidance is introduced at "Fixing it would have meant standing in front of it" and changes into portrait work, not resolution.
- Hidden portrait consent problem is introduced at "does not get to call it a study out loud" and remains open because the painting is faced to the wall.
- Diner/repair contact is introduced at "Can we talk? Sonia's" and remains unanswered by chapter end; the phone stays dark, so Ch22 owns June's reply and the meeting terms.

Chapter verdict: `THREADS-SAFE`.

`REVISION ORDERS`: none.
