# Surprise Audit - Chapter 11

## Verdict

SURPRISE-EARNED.

## Criteria

- Expected move checked: a Ruth/Sam chapter could easily become a direct advice scene about June and Theo. The chapter avoids that. Evidence: Ruth's direct question is practical and conditional, `If the ticket had said PARK, who picks up for you?`, not an accusation about the relationship.
- Unpredicted move: Priya/Ben physically interrupt the frame-shop errand with a lease email, converting category pressure from abstract relationship identity into housing paperwork. Evidence: `Application window closes Monday at five p.m... Priya would go down as an occupant.`
- Earned setup: Ch06 planted the Suffolk apartment, no elevator, and rent logic. Evidence from current chapter: `Fourth floor`, `Sunny study`, and `We pay twenty-nine fifty combined right now... The difference is six hundred forty a month`.
- No convenience failure: the interruption is socially plausible because `Mara said you were all here` and they were already on Suffolk.

REVISION ORDERS: None.
