The top of the list wasn't a CEO or a politician. It was a nurse in Corner Brook who’d worked 80-hour weeks during the COVID surge. It was a ferry mechanic in Blanc-Sablon who’d kept the Qajaq running with duct tape and prayer during the winter ice. And it was an archivist in St. John’s who’d spent a decade digitizing weather logs so the province could finally prove climate change was sinking their wharves.

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The problem wasn’t the money. The problem was the list . Maura knew exactly how people used her website. They sorted by department, then scrolled to the bottom to find the worst offenders. And now, hovering just above the cutoff, was her name. The Keeper had become the Kept.

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“I’m the mechanic from Blanc-Sablon. I didn’t know anyone was counting. Thanks.”