Hi Guys, This is John the “OP” or " original person asking the question.
Thanks so much for your input! and deliberation on this.
The double door was 31" door face to frame or door stop where it closed into the other door. And yes, it had the Flush bolts holding the door in place which the egress door closed into.
Now, the way I see it, undoing the flush bolts is “special effort” per the code. (and in an emergency, the flush bolts can be confusing) Thus, this door set up is non compliant. It is only 31" without opening the 2nd door and it takes special effort to un do the flush bolts to have at least 32 inches of space to egress. The potential 32" of space by opening the 2nd door is not “readily openable.”
Case solved!
Thank you!
John