lobby sofa pressed painf
ing in Brooklyn. Her phone was gripped tightly in her sweaty pa
ngine cut through the street noise. A
d-bottom heels that clicked sharply against the
up at the corner of the ceiling. The red light on
iane and threw a heavy man
legs made Adriane jump. She fumbled wi
Her voice dripped with arrogance. "He waived the thirty-day
e envelope. Her fingers brushed against thick legal pape
rged. The check was fake. Kassidy had printed them
Her lips brushed cl
ke a snake sliding over gravel. "Selling your dignit
ed the fake papers so hard they crumpled.
g about you feels borrowed, Kassidy.
est secret. The "life-saving" debt Ch
urderous rage cros
Kassidy had texted him five minutes prior: Chase, I'm a little scared to give Ad
idened in calcul
riane's right hand-the hand holdin
Adriane panicked, tryin
pushed open. Chase's tall, im
eyes landed on them, Kassidy used Adriane's h
ac
in the empty lobby. A bright red handpri
ew herself onto the dirty floor,
air. Her fingers tingled from th
ripped from C
Adriane by the shoulders and
ling plaster wall. The fake documen
oked at the red mark on her face. When he turned his head to look at Adria
k," Kassidy cried into his shirt, her voice
hind him. He looked at Adriane as if
ating with rage. "You get nothing. And tomorrow, m
assidy and walked out the d
r hands over the dirty tiles, gathering the scattered, useless papers, complet
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