# Unresolved-Threads Protection Audit — Chapter 20

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Protected threads checked against `output/thread_ledger.md`: Theo repair/confession, Odile final reveal, fake-couple public disclosure, Eileen/nephew aftermath, showcase/armory, and final portrait consent. None is resolved in Chapter 20.

- `PROTECTED-HELD — Theo repair/confession`: The chapter explicitly rejects Theo as decision logic: "If Theo never spoke to her again... was the back room in Ridgewood still worth it?" No Theo contact occurs.
- `PROTECTED-HELD — Odile final reveal`: Odile appears only through catalogs and ownership, "They're Odile's"; no catalog acknowledgment discovery or Odile motive reveal occurs.
- `PROTECTED-HELD — fake-couple/nephew public threads`: Ruth/Sam receive no explanation beyond "a thing I'm not going to explain yet"; the chapter does not disclose fake-start mechanics or nephew facts.
- `THREAD-RESOLVED — Tasker answer`: June says no on page: "I'm calling to say no." This is due here per compressed architecture and not protected.
- `THREAD-ADVANCED — Asha/Tasker`: June gets consent first and sends Asha toward Nia: "Yes. Send it" and "Have her email me today, subject line Tasker."
- `THREAD-ADVANCED — New York/Kessler/Dana`: June commits operationally with W-9, Dana text, lease notice, and "FEB = coat." The February funding risk remains open.

Strongest counter-candidate: "when it opens, come see it" could imply Tasker closes cleanly for June. It does not; it preserves social/professional respect while leaving Asha's actual outcome offscreen.

Chapter verdict: `THREADS-PROTECTED`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
