# Immediate Continuity Check — Chapter 20

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FACT CHECKS:
- Date/time: Thursday Dec 3 setup and Friday Dec 4 noon deadline remain coherent. "FRI DEC 4 / NOON"; Ruth/Sam arrive 10:40 Thursday; box leaves "a quarter before eleven"; Asha calls 4:05; Nia call Friday 10:40; text at 10:52; Kessler email 11:14; Dana text 11:20.
- Tasker terms: `$49,500`, W-2, six months funded, benefits ninety days, keys day one, after-hours access in writing, January start. Matches Ch15 offer facts.
- New York terms: Kessler Jan 4, $32/hour, three weeks minimum, W-9 Dec 15, invoice Jan 25, paid March; Dana $340 plus $150 wall, $980 due Dec 10. Matches Asha/Dana/Kessler packet facts.
- Catalog/object state: all eight remaining catalogs leave June's apartment via Ruth/Sam: "Catalogs. Eight... They're Odile's" and "left June's apartment... pointed at the studio." No acknowledgment reveal.
- Blue dish: moves from drying rack to Tuesday-return commitment: "I'm bringing the dish myself Tuesday." This pays Ch18 tether without claiming Mara has it yet.
- Theo knowledge: no offer details reach Theo; the decision is made with Theo absent.

Strongest contradiction candidate: "FEB = coat" now appears after June tells Nia "February is a blank line in my notebook"; current text resolves it because Thursday/Friday pre-call pages read "FEB = ." and the fill-in happens later: "She filled the blank in the notebook: FEB = coat."

Chapter verdict: `CONTINUITY-HOLDS`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
